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2015-01-10 Home Front: Culture Wars

The Atlantic: How White Flight Destroyed the Mississippi Delta

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-10 14:24|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 Very good post B.

Probably without realizing it (it is The Atlantic, after all) they have laid out the case for the fact that having the stuff and the money isn't what makes a vibrant middle/working class, it's having the middle class culture and values that brings the stuff.

This scenario played out across Africa when the colonial powers left and is playing out now in places like Detroit and these spots in Mississippi here.

It's not about race or ethnicity, it's about culture, and a failed one at that.

Posted by no mo uro 2015-01-10 15:26|| 2015-01-10 15:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Amazing the number of Marxian excuses in that comment thread. A couple of times the biggest problem was mentioned and then quickly ignored, How many Black 2 parent families are there? That's the foundation of a successful culture.

Posted by AlanC 2015-01-10 16:02|| 2015-01-10 16:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Well. It also demonstrates that it's better to live with people who try to recognize and atone for the mistakes of the past -- that's the lesson of the town of Philadelphia.

Posted by Steve White 2015-01-10 16:15|| 2015-01-10 16:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Would you like a jalapeno in your martini? No, nothing personal, but I'd probably elect to pass on that one. It's a clash of cultures, neither of which are inherently bad, simply different.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-10 16:23|| 2015-01-10 16:23|| Front Page Top

#5 I think a jalapeno martini would be an improvement on the typical variants.

Posted by Glenmore 2015-01-10 16:24|| 2015-01-10 16:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Hell of a read Mr. B.

What's with the Atlantic theses days? I find myself reading it frequently.

Posted by Shipman 2015-01-10 18:28|| 2015-01-10 18:28|| Front Page Top

#7 The 2016 election is coming up, Ship?

Posted by Pappy 2015-01-10 19:51|| 2015-01-10 19:51|| Front Page Top

#8 Its always been about culture. Always will.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2015-01-10 20:52|| 2015-01-10 20:52|| Front Page Top

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