Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry-- That's what Slobodan said--that home schoolers are "non-white challenged." "Non-white" being the operative adjective here. And I have to take issue with the idea of "Cracker," if I may. Do you know what a Cracker is? (I happen to be part-Cracker, so I feel I can say with some authority that it should not be used as a disparaging term!) Cracker is a nickname for the Celtic people (Irish, Scot, Welsh, Cornish) who settled the Southeastern part of the United States. The Atlanta baseball team, back in the "olden" days was called The Atlanta Crackers. The term fell into some disrepute later on, but it actually has a rich and venerable history. Of course, most of the bad names that Southern folks have acquired were given to them by their northern neighbors who abhorred their carefree, unhurried, and unbridled lifestyles, their ways of allowing their animals to graze untethered, their culinary habits which were foreign to the mostly order-obsessed British-born or descended folk who settled the North. Many of our Northern friends have never been able to cultivate a taste for so many delicious Southern delicacies--like country ham and redeye gravy, biscuits, cornbread (the way it is supposed to be made, without sugar!), and other goodies which, I'm sure, many of you fine gentlemen and gentleladies have never savored. So. As for home-schooling, I have noticed a slight bent towards the conservative among their ranks (to say the least), though this is not always the case. Depends on where they're being home-schooled, the community, and whether they are part of a network of homeschooled children. I actually know some liberal-types who homeschool their children. Kit - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jerry Lehrer Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 8:45 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] States' Rights and Racism Slobo On the contrary, every person I know who espouses Home Schooling is a bigoted WASP, not a non-white. Jerry S Dimitrov wrote: > My favorite code term is "home schooling." Every cracker, er, I mean > gentleman and gentle lady, that I've come across espousing the practise > was flaming non-white person challenged. I hope that was the PC way of > saying it. > Slobodan Dimitrov > > Robert Marvin wrote: > Despite racist use of the term 'State's Rights' as a code, not > every use of > > that term has to be racist and I'm certain that that was not Marc's > > intent. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html