Posted on 12/28/2008 12:22:26 PM PST by slickeroo
When Cuban refugees by the thousands landed amidst "gun and religion-clinging people" with ingrained "antipathy to people who aren't like them," the potential for trouble was enormous. When young southern Americans just starting the travails (and joys) of careers and families suddenly found masses of excitable foreign-tongued, octopus-eating strangers applying for jobs besides them, working besides them, worshiping besides them, moving in next door--the potential for trouble was enormous.
In our case especially. In 1961 we landed in New Orleans, deepest darkest Dixie, Red America with a vengeance. Worse, the city then hosted a huge NASA project, attracting blue collar workers from surrounding states, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi. Here's backwoods states synonymous with hate and murderous bigotry--and here's the social class most prone to it.
After all, Peter Fonda says Easy Rider was gunned down here. Oliver Stone says JFK's murder was hatched here. Obama, no doubt, contemplates the place with a shudder. Showcasing it's villainy is a long-time fetish of Hollywood screenwriters and casters. We'd be lucky to get a welcome with mere tar and feathers. Firebombs and nooses were more likely.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
In 1961, New Orleans (and all of Louisiana) was nearly 100% democrat blue...
besides should be beside. Humberto needs mastery of English and the rag needs an editor.
I was born in MS and at that time the whole South were democrats. I can remember when a Republican club was started in my hometown by the wife of a retired military guy. Before that, Republican was a dirty word. Don’t know why I turned out so very conservative. BTW, that club was started about 1970.
That is the past. The last 2 generations won't be quite as accommodating....they expect you to mow their yards, care for their children and vote democrat/commie so they don't have to pay the insurance costs.
BTW, my neighbor has never voted for a democrat for president in his 62 years.
Thanks for posting this.
I welcome the Cubans.
Alas, it just might be those two native generations mowing the grass and wiping the butts of 2nd generation Cuban-Americans’ babies. According to the 1998 Census, 2nd generation Cuban-Americans have higher educational and income levels—not just than other “Hispanics”—but higher than the U.S. median.
Indeed. Well said.
In 1961, I registered to vote as a Republican in Miami, Florida. I arrived at the polls with no Republicans to vote for—at any level!
BTW: We need something 'way different than "red state" to describe our collective philosophical bent.
>>besides should be beside. Humberto needs mastery of English and the rag needs an editor.<<
As a professional editor who aced the verbal SAT, I say...
Get off your high friggin’ horse. And capitalize “besides” in your comment. Those of us with “mastery of English” don’t neglect our initial capitals.
Thank you for the English lesson. Now lets check your spatioal relationship aptitude and see if you can place your lesson where the light does not ordinarily shine.
Sorry, did I sound like a prick just then? Good. That’s about how you sounded when you chose to sniff out the one puny, inoffensive error in an interesting and well-written article. Glad I got my point across.
Now, you may take your creative spelling and leftist attitude and go play with your messianic Obamanation.
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