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The subt l c ro le o f l anguage sounde oan t$ f1u"nce and dcc laro much morothen thc nerc lex l ca l mean lng or the phoenet lo s t ress symbol fo r the word. ;the mus lca l beauty o f * rdu themsc lvcs upon tha \ : c raa tc conccptuat thougospce la l l y the que l l t y or depth fo r hav lng cnter ta ln lng and enJoyab le 1dcasconnota t loas be lng both ano l lo ra t l ve and pcJora t l ve . Thc h ls to r l ca l wcrdor lg lns ahangc vcry s low ly as otymology tnd tca te i . But th rough the log lee l

Inceds wl th ln e corunun l t y or reg lon , the ancestor la l background relates thcd. l s tan t pas t and oven the future to the present l y used cadencc o f the wordsand/or sounds of thes.e ln tenso mcssagos. The tone or tnd lv ldua l manner o f 'epenk5-ngaveats thc lnncr personsl " l ty as much ns does t t re ac tua l noea l lng othc tc rn uscd. In tonat l -on g lves a l lngu ls t l c so f tness of innatc pro toco l omtnncrs tha t only I cu l tu red sposker 6r lns f rom ohl tdhood cxpross lva c lampltho func t lon of lenguagc or p leasant cnunc l .a t l on co0ros rom Just lns loc thcmouth or ohcck end the pa la te ro l l l ng words o f f the t lps , no t f ron the t lpo f the tonguc or the end of the f ron t t ce th tha t ereate harsh and b l t l ngcdges to the tcnpore l sounds (and s rude ly fo rccd sp l t t l e sho,verspray resuf rom sucb toothy syr lab lca t lon) . The fo rce of the Eng l l sh rangungo cx ls ts 'rn the vr r le t lons of r ts drarec t ro use ant l a r r the bor rowod. . r lg lns tba t

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noeke h is oqe-o f -e -k ind ena ly t l ca l wor ld Ienguage lnto an, rnalogy of i tsphon lc sru lds qr per ts r BCsta l t ln nature , r f l ther than a hersh nbso lu t l s tphrenet l c synbo l gul i le to a keyed nronounc j -a t lon sheet of d lacr l t i ca l - merktha t cspousc rn l y one cent ra l l y b iased. or prefer red reg ione l usage ss a co lb l t l ng too l o f communice t l tn 11ke the prescr ip t l ve Romence ancua{ :es ; sounenc l fee l l ng create n tone plus the v io rd .ymean lng in the Eng l l sh sentenco v lthe ana logous lnf lect lonal acoust i c sounds or c i lgraph of spcech f rom the lnd iv ldue l s ; reker ; evcry vord . ln the Eng l l sh lensueqt ; ls the bor rowed evo lu to f en or lg lna l m ls -heer ing f rom el ther I ;a t ln , German, Frenc i r o r Ang lo-Sexonthc mls takcn hear lngs as sound defec ts c rea ted t t fe l se homonymst f r e s l l gh tn l snoner f rom tho slmDle speken mlsd lv l s lon o f o ther languege ' , rn rds thesu l t l ng eng l l c l z lng proccss be ing ce l l ed meta-na lys i s tha t rn rkcs ncw or d l f -f c ren t word .s rom scnnnt l c changed sound defec ts such as ne laprop isms, t ranrnuta t lons cad fo lk a tyno logy wi th l t s m ls taken mispronunc la lon . Thus, theene logy c f sound end nenn lng must accompany n harmon-v he eare fu l use o f eu t te rence f rsm the fo rmat i ve proecss tc ang l l c l ze : the bes lc enn ly t i ca l s t rutu ra l method or proccss of the Eng l i sh speech to increase and tc mcuth asthel r swn tho ncwLy acqu l red or sequestered vrord sound as they epp ly to tcoursc of the ccnvcrse t l tn ; th i s s lmp l l s t l c v rey o f eng l l cLzLng or se lz lngword .savo lds the c ry o f p lag ia r i sm or grande l l terary the f t because the procedure changcs spe l l l ng , sound and meanlng to f l t the ecntex t o f usago - -ccn tex t o f u .s rege eing the t rue ena ly t l ea l p rocess fc r the Eng l l sh lengueger r lg l t ' r rnd format lon: over I0 r0O0 once prcscr lp t l ve I ' r ench words hcve beonamalganated or conf i seated as a mat ter -of -cours6-usegc lnto the tna ly t l ca lEng} l sh sUch eS ngcn poren d. ropp lng r tperen to form an Eng l l sh noun of nson?f fon the Frcnch possess lve pronoun t rscnr t , absorbed nhon ica l l y es ! t werothe r ronlo porer nt t rect ron of Arner rcanEngr l sh sr rev ls n the southern speec


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vcrsus the dognnt l c y rnkee tccent . Thc l lnguls t lc po lnr nt t rcct lon nnd thcrepe) . l lng forces of Eng l l sh words fu l I o f so f t sounds ncver coase to occuror to rcappcr r ln tho l ronlc coni l l t lon of ind lv ldur l humenneturo and thehunen exper lenco to communlcs tc . The geograph lc ercss of New OrLecns, Loulena end the Bronr ln New York best show the eluslve but l ronlc po) .ar l ty ofAner lcan Eng l l sh : tha lengu ld pe le tc so f tness o f c broad & nekes tho wordsnNew0r leengn sound l lke a nus lca l sonc te on the ears whlLc tbe yenkcc pro-nunc lc t l on or rend l t l on has e ncse l scra tch lncss tha t nuf fLes tho beeuty olntent o f the Eng l l sh lengusgcr ovcn though the or lg lns for thc car ly co lonLz lng sh lps both lef t f rom the samc por t ln Eng land before se l l l ng to thenew wor ld onc gmup of sh lps se t t l ed the South et tho mouth of thc Mlss-l sg lpp l R lver wh lLe the storm tossed erd los t s l s te r sh lps foun i l rc fuge lnthe Newyork herbor . And thc s lm l le r vocr l toncs ex ls t to th l s dey : I oo Idshr l l1 whlst lc s top ut te rnnce end thcn a so f t nus lce l l l l t to thc semc worBut e subt l c d l fTGr6ncc c love loped tounrd ecch other on 3 personr l l cve l ' whyenkcc ecccntg and Southern souna lsneet or c Iesh. Tven when cncountercd 'devrnSouth , es thc yenkec seys the term, nor therners e t tack 6vcry gouthernwor i l es s lurs end cont lnue to benter v lnd ic t i vo or i iost l le verbe l abusc annf r lendlyn soc la l l z lng L lkc a Don Hlck les host v rho de l lgh ts ln po ln t lng-outshor t - comlngs of sy l t rb l ca t lon for your own good; consaquent l y , the yenkeehes e bul l t - ln Cetoh 22 ayndromc (ynnkee garb led c t l c t l on hes cor rcc t s ty lewhlLo Southcrn spcooh hes scold. ing slurs) . Thus, tbe northerncr and thc


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Southerner dl f fer as nlght and. day or broad & and l .ong f , even vrhen r" t ioldent l ca l i r l s to r l ca l o r ig ln whether d ,enograph loor I i "ngu is t i c , But ln tht rue l lnguls t lc spl r i t o f oare fu l l y p lao lng oach < l ladres ls and each aipntn? r l c ranh, the Norbh and the South as a narkod verbal twaln ln the t r ruan4 - L t 5 ^ \ . J von ly sound to ono another l t ke so much t l lh ls t l lng Di .x le when each lnd iv lduaecent marks a never b lend" lng s t res- red d lacr l t l ca l u l .u la t l on : no ted w l thmdcron or &ed- t l la as par t o f the l l ngua l l leat r "sre ln comple te ton le acceldeo le ie t o f t cy -shr l l t v lb ra t lons o f communlcab lonn,orba l or cor le re te scln te rcourse conrnruntqudbet l voen the lnd . l v ldua l IJ .Si . o f Ar ros iona l voweleach spoken for porsonet l os teem of e tymolog lea l so l f -aoc l -a l-m.

The Easterner or r lann yankee ar r lves ds l lE $out l : . l n l oud shr l l l aecetones o f acc la lm or se l : f -acc lanat lon es the pe: :sonn l ) - y ooted words f romf ' rnz.nnu n-nor th nasa l accent screaches loudl .y to announc or spe, lak. ts ardcwn $iouth (and the v /ord DoW_nest t lescr i t rgs the who le yankec ccnce l , t tovt he ho t c 1 l mes o f ' t i i o sun be l t pa rad l s * Ic ,s t fo rev t r to the r : e rv l l l a r r j " vei , i r r r l : naTakr . n r b loke whose vocEr l cho rds neus t a l v rays cof t , [ r ia in , oo ' . c r ; . rp ) . i'(x+-I oucl shouts inr i icer te s iuper or lnte l l i genc e to the yf f r rkee men' t ,a i ty , so ina t i ve o f t he K ennedy c lan so r l l I o r sh r l i l v c rnacu la r ) . Whe th r , t r " t : t . t i 1 ' 1t i re bus , d .ep i l nne ing a je t o r c l i rn t r lng f rom a pr l vs te au tonob i " " l e , th r l absucockn j . f i ed . yan l t oe s rpcceh hab l t s d r l . vn t i t e r i asun l obser r / o r dov , ' nS or . r t h i n top* l r i .ng d i sgus t to watch ther dqmr} yankee 1n ac t ion : t r . . ,w ipe t he b row , s \ v

t , .prof ' : se ly ln the t ru ly warn sunmer seB3on or even pr r ' s r J i r l n r 1 r : t he t f {o f pv r i n t e r cg ld and thus harp lng loud l y abou t th e severs j .mrn j r ren t l lma te qh r i I 1 t r i oh n l t ched cornp la ln i r rg beg ins l r uned ia te l y I i ke an e r l u l t t enper LEt r um j " r : cons tant l v ra i l l ng ' upon the serv l tude r : f t ho ea rs l nesr a t hand tl , r a - i Jeso : w i l es get l ouder w i th the f l rs t ronder l n l o f th r . l swea t f rom thehankerch le f , a r t l a l g r i pe t o hear the out - l r r " r r ' s t s o f souncs sr - he" :sh and" ht i l e mean l -ng or accursed ( t r re yankee brovr l s a lways arched f c : ' c r i t i c i : l - oc r j . t , i , ca l word.y observa L ions as l f never bs fo re had ar15r66e l i ve po$sess* :d


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t he ln te l l l gcnco or cvcr dared to po ln t -ou t the obv lous t ru lsms that th lsgen lus yankce has now taken the t lme tcr per fc l rm for humanl ty and never hassuch acute ln te l l l gence ar r l ved on the Southern scene, to hear the yenkceteLL, a1! . the word ls here and out a t long las t , every shr l l l sc reechcr les wl thout subt le ln tonat lon) . But tho South has swv lved worse: thewar betwccn thc s ta tes wl th the de luge of carpet baggcrs or sca lawags af terr6nr i tand the long ear l y Indlan" , ,Vars on ly whl t ted ths Southern sppet l te andstelqine for the opportunl ty to oncc agaln glve tn arched brow to a svreathovyho s always glven enough verbage ropo or t lmely phraseldgy to hang-up hlsovrnscrecoh to le t the typ lca l yankec ways hang-out tn fu l l exposurs , thcsouthcrn sk l I I ab lds the Eestern specch pat terns re late evcn l t rore thanthe negat l ve worc ls can say, Thc yenkoe sprcads g loon t lke tho p lague every

whcrc rnd everyt lmc th.e shr t t l nasa l tones honk the l r syn taxabroad

"". Thc shr l l l p l t ched yankee vocs l l zg t lon p lerces l tke a rus ty na l l th roug

a l l hunan Sens lb l l l t l es - - a c ] , l p ln the tone or ln tonat l0n orn l t s a l l gent lness thst prclucles the nl lk of humanklndness' The yankcc lni leedl hes acl lp ln the speech I l ke e foo tba l l pass buzz lng the ear too c lose ly fo r cofor t ; the yankeo accent has a hlgh p l t chod tonc l l ke a chron lc bec l co ld o t

cons tant nasa l " conJcs t lon too fuI I o f mucous 'fo r tha t ls the p l t l f u l way

n oh l td that the yankee learns to mouth the onco beaut l fu r v rords wl th a na

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t l nues tha t no lsy abuse of the Eng l l sh language cvery t lme t r t renut ter lng asy) - ) .ab) -e. And yankees have the gaI I to th lnk and proc la ln }oud ly tha t thaydo not bnvc rn accent - - do they , evcr l T t re yenkeo never has an accent tohear hfun teI I the ta le but i lo ln i lecd t ry to l l s t cn beyond the hlgh p l t chr 8Southornors must hear the screech laud lng yenkee seLf -es tccm over el ,1 humaSoutb.arno And eL l Southernersr way or hab l t o f speech ls automat loa l l ywrong, cven ln our own lend and honoground, the barklng yankees speak astthougb propelJ.ed by a buLl horn, plugged fuI I of dry 1cy wlnd. . Thc yenkccthlnks -- l f thc Southerner ls so lnol lned to bc klnd 'yrnkees nthlnkn toonp le ln lng sho$rshlgh ln te l l l gcncc (nus t beLl t t le o thers to mnke se l f l ookbfg) . Tbc yenkec hrs a oonstant sound lng head-oo ld eI I year round that c reeach sy l l ab lc u t te rance lnto an at roc lous hawk lng verbos l t y to cr l t l o l zccveryone and. cverything dovrnSouth (yankces dosorvs somo pl ty for the l r henasaL cond l l t l on or lL lness to mouth words l l ke meta l cans rubb lng togethera sn lve l l ng nasaL con6 l t l on to a t tempt speak lng t t rc Eng l l sh languagc) . Anthe dann yankec nust oor ree t everyono o lse ln earshot fo r sPcak lng lncor -rec tLy fool , l sh lgnorant pro tes t a l ranys pro tes ts too loud l "y or too muoh ed ld ledy luaoBethabout ber p l tg j r t o r ccrnd l t l on . The yenkee has no scnsc omrnners or humen klnctncss touari l Southerncrs (tn" ln-brecl ' hatred' for theSouth lsao ln tenscend 'na tura lon the l rpar t tha t theurgc tobera tecon-stentr .y remarns a pert of therr cord-hcaded. and, lcy cold personal l ty, evJn


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thc po ln t o f s topp lng to anend verba l ln f l ec t lons ln a c lasgroom lec turewhen tnught by a Southern teachcr -- a yankoe |s hls or her own worst snonybecauss of no reepect fo r o thers or sc l f the yenkoe student !n a co l legoc lass wl l l r rgo tako a ten day \ncat lon to v ls t bac lc nor th because tbe 1g-aorant southern pro fcssor canr t poss lb l y teach anyth lng thcy wour i l n l ss ornor a l reac ly know: yrnkee fe l luro rato does occur , cont rary to the l r nega lo-nenle subt le super lor l ty havlng been preaohed and cereful ly taught tovnrder l thlngs soutbern shows ln the ynnkee srur of saylng, t toh, thetr s no goodor not r lgh t boeeuse Southernors do thatn and al l s t r ted to the face of thesoutherner who nust endure thls harassment cf human r lgl r ts) . And' the yankcoor rec ts thc l r g ross mls -hear lng of enunc ia t lon wl th a I I the fu l l b ras tcdbrashness that sounds l lke two snowbal l s crammed-up he nosc (yankces d 'o nothlnk they h;ave a pronouncoi l accent es do al l Southorners Or So thc yankecsorccoh kccps rcn lnd lng an i l remlnd lng over and ' over and ' over ln l oud be l lowof r csound. lng waves of protestat lon yankees prot es t every th lng so muchthat a psycho log ls t cou ld easl }y casua l l y reeogn lzc the renl reeson nust be8n lnsccur l ty or nente l b lock) . The yankcc oao pronounce word 's anywsy an i lnGvcr bc wronS l lkc e southerner ; the yankee broguc spl ts out taboutn by

arylng ne bootn or 6von uscs tyou al l t r that ts g9-{rg!&'But the d'enn yenk

oast lga tcs the southemer ln publ lc out rege and ' Ioud sncers a t aI I Southernpronunore t ron es be lng ignorant : yankee ut te rance of tb crude

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bathroon func t lon tern fo r npccanf t - - and the pccnn t rec or lg lnated ln theSouth , eo ruhoshou ld know bet te r how to descr lbc the l r own t ree? And thoyenkcc bereLy cnunclates tpont t for poenn and lntones nrunan for t rulnnmrkes e Southcrnct want to resor t to tn enl t lc Just to purgc or mlrulc tbcccho of the ug ly nrs t l e t tenpt to te l k by the yankec l The y rnkec thus hessn unctnny dc l l bera t lon and undoubted et t l t ude o f condescendcnce oward aSouthcrnr Jus t upon hear lng t t re dorE South nc lod lous greet lng

- - a groet lngthe t a l I t oo qu lck l y goes c lank lng upon durb cars . Nor therners do not knowhow to cnJoy th: spceoh of beaut l ful words for thel r own mke gounds thaI lngcr l lke honcy spreed. on the tongue or suger on the l lps, Southern l lpstswcet es Olynp lo ncotar ; bu t the tas tc of the Sng l l sh language ls on ly eyrnkcc mouthp lece of nete l " l - l c harshness f rom n post nnsa l dr lp o. . . Theyenkce ncocnt o r vo icc pr t tern sounds Llke a v l c t roLa- rccord-p layer woundtoo t lgbt ly , end ynnkee voca l cords sound l l ke a scre tohy nccd lo tha t necdsI qu ick chengc on a cnoked reeord , p leyc i l over and over an i l over , nge ln , sful l of neanlnglcss gr lpcs or conplelnts that raf lact thcl r danogrephlo honI i fc or lg lna . Un l l ke l gcntee l Southcrn sounded.phononc fu l l ' o f l nd lv lduaohareotc r , th6 yeakee has a se&.cncss n the tona l l t y : e met ronomcvoce l l zc t lthat racke showrng eny qcns l t r v l t y end/or mooct n the vo lce where thc l r whoheracter qulokl ; I ack of nuch lnner substance t nolsy b lowlnhrrd ln thc fr lg ld wlnd. And.as a met tc r o f ooursa , tbc yenkee ls ebrupt t


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nn i t the ynnkec Just csn t t be l l evc $outhornors know enyth lng esotc r l c orknow enyth lng thnt the yankee does not a l rerdy know: e tyno logy of wordsJus t canr be e per t o f thc down South mentn l raper to l rc or cvon a clc-pos l to ry o f knowl -edge n sL l o f thc Southhnd. Southern l l ps cenr t ssynnyth lng a yenkoe cnr cen comprahend. s erud l te t ruth ( t f re yankec snar lu t te rs , nThr t r s not t ruo , lnd wl l t bc checked-out ln the rnnr l s o f thaI lbrary bcok ln NorvYork Ci ty where the on) .y rocorded t ruth ccn " t l r# .Tho dunbcs t ynnkoc knows nore tbrn the sner tes t Southernor sccord lng toyenkec bre lnmsh lng tac t l cs to bcre tc every th lng Southcrn .es nOh, thet r swrong nnd lgnorent } lkc Southern wnysr : the South ls tho soepegont fo r e l lbed exemplee n Aner los as thc ynnkee uscs Southern spocch heb l t s to teachthe l r young how to recogn lze lgnorent v i l l rge ld lots ( tnfs subt lc hnt rcd 'teught so cercful ly by tbe lgnorent lout of tho northcountry vr l I l l lve toreep the resu l t s o f such unemcr loan ect l v l t l eg) . But on ly ln the South dok lnc lncss for s t renScrs cx ls t , end tha Ll toreturc o f Aner l ca shows the lnterpcrsonsL ro l c t l onsh lps - - VCer on l , y ln tho South i l oes tho Ll tereture brveheer t rn i l dccp pcrsona l fee l l ng tha t rocc lves nrcr l t wor thy enough ns pcr to f thc wor l i t l l ternt r - r re te r tbook lncLus lon (scnsnt lone l g lm lckery to cxprcshunen lnd lgn l t l cs chercc te tLzc yenkee euthors , whose conccrn for thc humancond1t l0n rc f rec ts tho cruer env l ronment the yenkee knor rs so wct t ) . southwr l ters o f henr t oompl re to the Russran euthors o f the nrnetaentb ccntury :


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noted I van Tur jenev, f6 i ior Dostoevsk i , Anton Ci rec ic l tovand Nlkol t Gogo leont res t to l ' I 1 I l l am ! 'eu Ikner , Carson } le0uI le rs , Jan^s Agee, I i . a lphEI l t son,Kather lne Ann ?or ter , Rober t Penn . ' Iar renand Eudora , ' ie l ty jus t to neme afew Southerners o f no te . The Southern exper ience l ) repares a youth for thofu l l gambl t o f l l f e r s hardsh lps o r the v r ide ranpe of ln te rpcasona l obser -va t lons of a reg lona l peop le u /ho en< iure host l l t t y amid the Amer lcen land op len ty and f reedom for oppor tun l tVrso long as the voca l response l s no t u t -te re i l by a Southern eccent .

The ynnkcc pcrsona l l t y de l lgh ts in r i s ing the shr l l l nasa l wh lp o f avo lce on the Southerner to exp la ln i n e lsbora te bor ing deta l l s the s imp les to f te rms: condescend lng n the epprmch to conmunleate - - the boredom ofover exp lsnet lon f lows f rc rn the yenkeo loud l lps l l ke s tcnes on the sup-pressed esrs . The pat ron lz lng yankee acts very jud5enenta l on every th lngclor , rnrou th and roaI Iy does onJoy hear lng h l s o ' rn gpnor th vo lce , The yankhas such se l f -es tecn or se l f i n f l a ted lmpor tance to the po ln t o f a l v rays be-comlng pushee or rude gnd uneouth torvard the Southerner vrho s regerded asa rebe l no t wor thy o f bas lc humanmanners end respeot ln smal l everyday maters . An6 the yankec lnvadeer cr l t i cLzes a personts speech on ly whcn eSoutherner speakg beeause that i s the yankee tec t l c to a t tack the nros t per -

sona l par t o f a person; the yankee cr l t l que of Southern voca l soundsd lssec

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cnrd lng uncoor i l l na ted ra in i rnent o f c lo th ing ' - bu t t l i e yankee Cel lgh ts 1ncaust l c remarks to eause Southern anx le ty ) . But the Southerner on ly re -Isponds by cons l i l e r lng the source of a I t these t raVnanners as the l r p ropersor t , l ndeed. Thus, the ynnkee id . locy re f lec ts rand th lnks 1f poss lb le / tha tthe Southerner 1s no t reputab le oncugh to knovr h ls tor ica l facts , i t h l l osophldees or sc len t l f l c ccncepts anC cer ta ln l y not l n te I l t g lb le enough to t rus tcommentgexpressed by t i re so f t South^ rn sounCing ldeo lec t . The yankee fav-or l te pas t t l ne ls spent look ing


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yenkees to ld the l1e o f lgnorancebe l leve the l r own nendac l t y ln anthe Unl ted St r tos does exh lb l t bycount ry or land. o f the f ree) .

and pov, , : r t y so of ten unt l l a I l nor thernere f fo r t to h ide or des t roy what l i t t l e c lath rse outcas t cava lers ln the l r own s. re

And thus the South land is one b lg sprarv l ing ghet to : the lnC lv ldua l cusand manners b lnd Southerners to r :e thcr as e thn lc ou teas ts f rom the res t o f trud .eand host l l e low cIa ssed or unapproac f rab le \ 'ankeeArner lcens the Souerner has a se l f - lmposed lso la t lon f ro rn the verbose nor thernsr or yankeevermin upon the land. . Ysnkees s lve e labora te exp lanat ions vrhendef in lngabst ree t ldeas to a Southerner , and the yankeo mcuths words ln a roundedover l y exaggera ted l lp e f fo r t ] l ke teac i r i ng a young ch l ld neYiconcepts ( "eSoutherner !s never Jus t un in formed: a Southerner l s gross ly lgnorant andwl lL a lv rays be that wayr t t to quote a yankee bureaucra 'b ) . The South as a vagJr ra t to x l s ts no t as a. land fu I I o f pover t ; r o r a f lnanc l r l l y depressed 8reac .ont re ry to the yenkee propoganc la ; the yankee stat ls t lca l survoys mlnus theusut l nu l l hypothes ls a lweys revea l de l lbera te abJect Southern pover ty , nethe lush greenery tha t produces the h lghest pr l ced gnt l most "o ' -%a af te rbeef nerke tod ln the un l ted s ta tes beeeuse of the f requent rc ln fe l l to grothe verdent pes tures . The yankee debunks the } l fe g iv ing hun ic i t y ln theSouth l rnd as unber rab l ,e wl r l le out c f the other s lde of the wlde yankee ncoi leer les the lovr molsture ln the l .os l t regara i r (Los Yegas th roa t cond l t l ondeve lOps when s ln , -e rs cnnf t u t te r a tune) . A yankee s lngs h ls own pra lsosand th lnks on ly he is the s t rongest o f the s t rong cr the brsves t o f the bra


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and the pures t o f the pure heer ted , good quys , a l l - - a ree l he ro o l a l lhe roes b lon r l ng l n the wlnd f ron the co ld nor t h coun t r y or i cy be rgs vr l tha g lac le r o r gLazed , veneer o f bad manners , u t t e red f r cn the c i l i l l y v ro rds :a yankee fanged sml le I l ke an u rch ln f r cn hades , damned to perpe tua l hos -t l l l t y t o ' ra rd e l l S ou the rne rs . . . .

The nos t hos t i l e ereas tha t yankees dcwn South come rom are l le l r YorkCl t y , I , l ev r ersey , C l i i cago, Ph i lace l i rh ia and Kansas, jus t to count -o f f a feyankeeeo And the shr i I I yankee accsnt f rom those nor thern po ln ts revea l tLens t good r "Tprs : the h lp-her the shr l l l vo iee , the Iovror the soc l a l e Ia sl f any c la ss a t a l l the in< l i :eneous ankee speeeh ls a bar ra6 :e of junb ltha t does not kno l what the exact thought on a sut r jec t l s unt l l hear lnp l thIoud garb le f rom thei r ovJn , routh ( t f re Southerner neasures mank ind ln eachvrord tha t ge ts tu rned over on the t cngue and I tps before ut te ranee) . Theynnkee brngs about human i t . .h ts i o r serv i ces thr t a c ! t y fovern-nent o l ' ,es hunderpr l v l l ege i l so Iong as o thers rv i I I pay for those suggested serv l ces , lso much doub le- ta l ked benevo lence that c lebunks he rny th o f pover ty ln thesouth vrhr le the now benkrupt Nevr ork c i t y | i 3g nrv ;ays had the f l l th end dt l tu t l on of the wor ld on 1 ts door s toop - - an .J , t - cor more menbers o f the KKlux Klen r lve out c f the southrand t f ran the yankees care to adml t to the lo rvnwsysofdehumanlzedhost t l l t y .Tnkesf l voyesrs forayankeetobecomehurnn Lzcd, r f r iendly ac t lng enough to soc inL \z 'e vr l th southerners on 3 ?esons l leve lv lhenthey t lomovedgvmsouth ;eas tcoas tyankeesp laye labora te


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word ganes t o shov l supcr io i ' i t y ove r o th ers : c oncen t re t i on r i : ther than c on-ve rse t l on s lnce th e yankee mus t rna in t , a i n a quar re l some at t i t ude to show asp l t e fu l ha t red to t / a rc l S ou th r+ rnc rs r a censure o f a l I t h l n l l s S ou the rn . Censorsh lp ln yankes A rner l ce { : oes aga ins t t he gra in when comin r : f r on the S ou tand 1s d l sm lssed as ev ldence o f t he ignoran t B lb le 3e l t . Bu t B os t cn can l sc IL t l e an t i - l l t e ra ry f reedonn d lc tuns wh l l e yankees on l y g r l n an t l sdm l re th

h lgh mora l l t y o f t he l r o rvn k ln t i I however , recen t l y t i r e o f f i c i a lconml t t ee

o f th e l {a t l ona l pa ren t Teac } re rs Assoc l a . 'l on ha s censored severa } books : T I {DIARY 0lr ANN ryt* , c. , \TCI iT. i ' t TTA RYT, 'r tre Lot tery ' t and' the BrELS (tHe Bf lne l l y has beeomecons lcerec too crue l fo r th l s v lo lon t soc le ty l ) . A l l ,spoken I l ke a t rue Yankee.

yenkees mumble n the beard so to speak vr l th a nc f le t l ve shak lng of thhead and e wev lng hand d lsmlssa l " ' rhen

ondemnlnga southerner t s v l " " v po ln tsuch as J lmmy Car ter whom he knc lv ledgeab le yankee cla lms ls an obvLous foas e l l the t ru l y so l :h l s t l ca ted Gernan ant t Euror )ean readers have of ten pubre l l y dec la red co l lege degrees and bus lness exper t l so of no consequencebu l ld or show ln te l l l gence wl ten a Sout le rner possesses these t ra l t s (Car tel s lndeedthec lass lcshakespearesnFoo lv lho thuss} rovrgyankeesJust l vhothefoo l rear l y l s ) . yankees denegrade ar r persons sour -hern - the yankee comple lns 3o of ten , th lnk in r : th . , t pub l i c gr lpe lng revea ls ln te l l l gence ra ththan the t rue se l f - l n r1 l c tmel r t o f oners lnerb i l i t ; r to cope, I l ke an adur t - teper tan t rum or e pub l i c wee. l l ng as a h l t dOg a lv . 'aysho l le rs the loudest ) '


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Yankeeg ust s lmp ly eannot beconte tuned or honed tc hear the e legant so f ttones o f beaut i fu l sy l l ab Ies beeause o f ther b las tha t au tonat l ca l l y labe lsa I I th ln6 ;s Southern as ignorant i :nd s tup ld ; thus , t i t e reason screarned o troof tops f or yankee ag l ress lon toward the Southernors . r tnd even west eoayankeos se ldorn v ls l t l n a conf or tably nanner , ex :ep t l n a car on the \ ' /a : /sp lace to have gres ter fun .

Sout i rerners mcke the l r ov/n un and keep in toueh vr i th f r i ends and v ls leach other o f ten . And faml l y k insh lp t ies b ind Southerners ln love end k lnness more c lose ly t i ren nor therners (yankees decry fami l y t l es as rure l ve lenr l thus sneered es be ln5 i i f - "norant , sneered at as though rura l on ly ex ls ts&wn South espec ia l l y vented. n cr l t l c l sm of the Car ter faml l y fo r hav la grovrnnar r led son 11v ln5 ; temporar l lSr tn the , r t r i te I Iouse . Fami Iy t radl t l cere lmpor tant to the Southern" r p lus the her l ta6. 'e o f r . -eneo logy s lve l l aspoet lo l l l t o r f l ow of the namees a mus lca l a r t fo rm. Southerners spoakwl th the l r hands in t lne or ln tune to the sof t me lody of the grac ious d iaknoyrn s southern ; and the menfo lk ta lk rv i th the i r hands wi thout fear of ef emlnate labeIs - - a Southerner ts a lv rays secure in h ls p ' ' r sona ldent l t y ,on tc l -og lca l hang-ups (southerners k lss each other a great dea l evon ln pubsuch es fa ther an i l son huggrng and k iss ing) . southerncrs l -ook one enotherthe eyo whcn te lk lng anc3 hus sreeeech a s lnd lv l ' J r i a rs (non-southernors o f tsey al l B lac i cs look the sane becuuse they do not }ock in to the eyes vrhenspea lc tng) .Evenre l l g lon tc the) 'ankeehasapres t i r ' eousr ingof l ron icmockery o r eondescenc l rng ra t te r o f a doub le s tandard wl th rp i scopar and t


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I i ' l e t hod l s t be lng ox to l l ed e s t he bos t ves t i ge c f Cc r l rs i v i I I o r b less in6 , l s ,And th e lo rd r s r i ches t peop le ln A mer i ca I l ve ln t he S ou th : l . f l am l and Texa(ye t A tLen ta , Georg la l s a yankee re fuge today l n t he m ldd le o f t he S ou th -I end) and the on l y re r l shopp lne e l t l es ln t he tTn l t , ed S ts tes lne lude New YCi ty , A t lan ta , Da l I a s a nd Hous t cn o i I r l ch Hous on wl t h t he f anaed Scko ' /s t o re ca ta log tha t even a dann yankee l i kes to read the bazar g l f t s o r t henove l t l es over TV . l l os t o f , \mer l ca rs exo t l c c l t l es ex l s t l n th e S ou th : t heB n t t e ry 1n Char les ton , S ou th Carc l i na ; t he F rench . )ua r t o r i n Ne l r O r leans ;th e R lva r , / a l k l n San A nton lo , Texes ; and the S t rand and /o r P a laces l n o leGa lves ton - - no t t o men t l cn the charm of . o the r S ou the rn towns l l ke S avennaA ugus ta , l f ob i l e , R l chnond and St . A ugus t l ne (on t y San Franc l sco t s Ch lnc towhas nny eharm to compare w l t h the S ou tho rn sp lendor , no t even t he V l l l age New Y ork C t t y compares ) . San A nton lo i ras l ong ago been dubbed A mer l c r f sn l ss lon c i t y v r l t h t he .mos t s r r r v l v l ng s t rue tu res o f re l1g lous an t i qu l t l es ss tand lng ; anc i t he gem of a I I nonas te r l es ln the A lemo e l t y l s S en Jose , t hef l nes t church o f a l l and thus the + r fecn o f A ner l can } l l s s lons ln bo th l n t r l -ea te a rch l t ec tu re and carved masonry . The Nat i ona l Reg ls t r y reco rds thesefac t s f o r pos te r l t y i n , ' , ' ash lng ton , D . C. as on l y 3 yankee l vou ld be l l eve afa c tuc r r l ocument he ld by t he f edera l gcvernment r i i t h ' r than the v ro rd o f a

sof t spokon S ou the rne r . tV .But the federa l government poses as a mlsc f tan t or a s ly enemy of thesou the rn peop le as a I l sou th t r , rne rs lea rn th r : , ugh b i t t e r exper l ence ; on l yl obb l s t o r spee la l i n t . . r es t mon led r roups l . ee l - rep6 o th e f edera l beauera t '


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And def l c l t spen i l l ng charec ter l zes or resu l t s f r cm the ysnkee nenta l t t y o rwsy of men lpu le lng f unds anC other peo: r le Jus t another ' , ' rayf c r the yanto use and to abuge.

The damnyankee even t i r l nks a l I ac :en ts un l i ke the ;gp nor th mucous- f tnase l c } lp 1s vrong and thus exc la lms, "Southernors sound I l ke ncr roes sowhy te lk I t ke b lacks? ' r Aga in , yenkeo brash snobbery o f a foo l r s psrsd lseshorvg gnorence: negroes learneo Tlng l l sh f rom the Sot i tharners , bu t tha th l s to r l c fec t takes a consc lous rnC honest i n te l l ec t to rea l l ze the l lngu isdeve loprnent e ther than a hars t r s r : l t e fu l t cngue ' towarC a l I sounds Southernthe Southern spoech resenb les the Rece lved Standerd d ls lec t o f the upFerc lasses or ar l s tocrscy o f gng land, not , the harsh cnd shr l l l Cockney thatthe yankee verba l no lse has min lcked ln a foekeyf ted s tup ld t t y tha t pro-c la lms ts exa l ted ncor rec t ' t such unp leasant Amnr iea I sp lcch sounds ra therthan the so f t c lessy Southern vrords ( l f yankeas are so smar t , whY eanr t thta l - k ln a k lnd and beaut l fu l manner lns tead of a shr t l l ug ly growl?) P 'he tol c r l o r no t , the yenkee uses loud verbe l abuse or v / lnded force tc vr ln th l svJer o f d la rec ts wh l le the yankee c langorous cacophony estabr i shed rong ago+ nor th en srb l t re ry e l l oc : t l on of super lo r i t y eea l a I I scunds Southprn vthe eestern es tab l l shment press and t l ie lvy loague schoo l grammcr ru les thedvsnce the nor thern reg lona l or l ro ' " ' i nc ia l hab l t s as abso lu te t ru th - - thsouth roses the verbar bat t res because of sheer dec lber th resho ld but t r l dstho tongue 1n order to vr ln the ranguage vrar l [ r , t h rs to ry lvr r r record lvor ld


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wlde cs the t rue ) - lngu lg t lo or eng l l c l zed deva lopment o f the Amer lcanEng l l sh lengusge, soundod ln proper conter t o f coursc . The South gots b lafor e11 thc cr rors nede verba l l y l n the Eng l l sb language: yenkees dc l lgh tln say lng they heve ncvcr haerd so much bad grsmmrr aad stup ld l t y nnywbercLgc ln the wor l i l (as l f sL l yenkees wcre gr r r rnr r lens s teeped ln crud l t cthesrcms) . And whcn o ld gucrd lvy league grammar schoo l ru les change, theup- t l gh t yenkec procl r lms that thc word dcr l vc t lons undoubted ly csmc f romSouthera dlet lbnery (annzLng thet yenkecs suddenly havo e lepse of mcmorycred l t Southerners wl th te l cn t end ln te l l . l gencc cnought t .o lvr i tc e who leIer l con) : the cesc ln po ln t re f e renccs the use of ' spod. ' l ns tend of nrpoedthc ln fLeot lons must sure ly der lve f ron "n" l . k "yzsouthern l i l lom or so ahuffy yankcc"vnfunon.nc dcclarcs. The Borgen Evans faned, d lo t loncryncvcr r cce lvcs host l l c ment lon f rom thc fc l l ow yankce. But ynnkcc syntaxend l semant l cs conte ln a r lg ld tenac l t y to bccoao louder cs though vo lumcshows in tc l l l gencc and thus bressy to show supremecyover e I I Southarn soucspco le l l y whcn thc peragon of v l r tuous yenkee gremnar u t te rs r n I socn, o lI have s tw.n yc t tho lncor rec t yenkca sounds esocpe the nor tharn consc louncss to cor reo t thc l r own k lnd Ln pub l l c d lscord , fo r thc yrnkoc ects esthough on ly Southerners conml t er rors, n l s tekes or et roc l t l cs ln th ls wor lo f ynnkec re6ncck oont ro l s (ynnkee lan i l h rs no not l ccab lc f l ews: no L l t ta r tno po l lu t l on end no uns leb t l y lend abusc to the cx ten t thr t thc gouth d1s-pleys lndeccr yrnkces wcer colorecl glesscs when vtcvr lng thelr slcsrrod 92


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nor th ter re ln o f verbe l parad lse) . Yenkeos nust ca l l - Ioud verbe l e t ten t lonto thcmse lvos ln pub l l c ra ther than le t pcrsons l accompl tshments speek fo rthense lves , r syndrome cstnb l l shec l th rough hrbl t ( t t ie ynnkee moves o f ten , sno lsc n f f l rne tho l r p rescncc l l ka en h ls to r l c nerker l n tha wlnd) . Noyenkee renerk gocs unsocthed. 0 f courso , thc yenkee lns ls ts the t thcSouthcrncr sounds lgnorant s lmp1y by vl r tue of the sof t sounds l end thntlnano sta tement w l th ln l t sc l f shows the t yp lcc l yankee land lgnorencc . Theyenkee hor rcvar does not rea l l ze the cxtent of thc gg nor th noed to hrve thSsuth as a p lacc to vent nor thern het rcd en i l f rust rot lcn l ' . yenkccs noed hab l tue l pa t te rn needs somconc o bera te ent l abusc lnowr tha t the oncc acoeptebLe n lnor l t y foos hnvc becn conquarored, enn lh i l a ted or have f lna I I yc leo ldcd no longer to . t r kc such bunkurn : groupst l ke thc Ind lans , Negroes ,I te l l ens , I r l sh , Ch inese, Jepanose, Spen lsh and/or Mex lcens no longcr w l l lto lerate t tp scnsc less se i l l s t l c ebus lve bahev lor f ron the ebras lve yehkccnente l l t y ( t i re Southcrncr w l l l have to ernp loy hc snme eot los or toohn lquother n lnor l t l es usc to r l d thcmse lvos of oppress lon) . The gg nor th rc -lnoernnte 1r lnrquls i le sed,e pcrsonel l ty t rel ts kecp the yrnkec when douE souvery hrppy to be eblc to me} lgn someoneSouthern , 90 unraa l to scc cv ldcncof the gtoss lnhwoenl ty of the derooor l t lo not lng yenkec tounr i l e l l theSouthern sound.s , Jov le l o r conv lv le l .

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soason to at taok the Southerncr has no el terngt lves whcn epoek lng to thcwlndy encmy. And the yenkcc a lweys hrs an ul tcr ior no t l ve whep rppronoh lna Southerner 8s t lmc hes proven so of ten but just whet can be expeetec lf rom thc yenkce whl te t rcsh rebblo bourgeo ls le? Yenkees havo a super lo r l t ypcreonn l l t y oonp ler basc i l on s dc fec t \ f . ed, -ot t lby a b l lnd rescntment ornecd to conquer or domlneer every th lng ln the l r p rasonca, whcther denogror cacophonous. Tbe Scuthorn6rs cr6 thus lnpr l soncd wl th ln the l r own honrbord le rs rnc l nus t l l vo pr lmer i ly wl th ln the South lend to exper l cncc t ree tmcof eommon our tcsy , hru ten d lgn l t y or porsoae l k lndnoss end thus nust remaldoranSouth to rvo ld every day yenkee sn lde renarkg fu I I o f vcrbe l tauntsend sonct l ros ovcn scath lng phys lce l encountors . Tbe yankec heeps vl lecp l the ts o f h lok , dunoe, c rszy and s lob - - v r l th thesc te rms bc lng tho n lceor p laesent words spokcn by e ohur l l sh yankce who nevcr mnkes tn edn l t tedld1c s l l p o f the tongue end thus d lsp lays or ach leves l l f c t s l oudest verbadcc lbc l count , e I I acerb l t y , es the yenk so of ten ye l l s c t the top of thaIungs, ce ter rhe l nature l ly . A Southerner who expcc ts an i l /o r suspcc ts hernment f rom e fr t l l pped yenkec ls cal led parano ld by the gg nor tb l resc lb lef l 6ndt , the semc expcc te i [ herengue ns usu l l . But n yankac ca l l s h lnsc l foaut lous end oqnnlng whcn expect lng haressnont dl f feront rulcs of the gcrL lec l Rcdnoc lcRou1adeepp ly to n yankce ln e l l naat t c rs t personn l ' ovor tsouthcrncrr s bl lebler consonants rnd voweLg vrhenhaard. cvcn ln a orrwd brtn opcn st rec t . so meny ycnkees now l lve c lowa outh unt l l t hey t ree t cach


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other brd ly wh l le asaurn ing the other one to bo n Southerner unt l l thenutue l aspcr i t y gounds rbroad thc suprcmc l rony of l l f e r s l nJus t l ccsd lo occeg lonaL ly put thc eaust l c f cc ts st re lgbt or tw ls t o f f r te to tu rn thoyenkec tongues on eech othor ln e fsc tun l b ,n rengue l

Yankces d ,onot le t fac ts get ln the way of the l r b1g mouth. To boertc l l , e l I the t lne f rorn the yankec, on ly the South hcs snnoyances cause i l byneture : lnscc ts , the ynnkee woul i l heve ono be l levc tha t no where elso butln the South lcn i l do lnsec ts bothor or a t teck humank lnd - cockroeches, entsf l les, gnets , becs end vnrmlnts do not moles t peop lo exoept ln tha SouthcrUol ted Sta tes ; e l l l nscc t pes ts r rc very ru i ld mennoredend gent le ln thcrest o f the wor ld , exoept o f course ln thc host i l e South (a New York Cl tyepar tment fuI I o f ooqkroeches cscrpeg the P. r feo t reocI I of the down Southyenkecfs s t ten t l ve m6nory thct a l so convcnLent l y fo rge ts nbout the gnetswny out wcst , pes ts r11) . The env l ronnent bothers th t yenkec wt tosc to l -c r tnoc ls n l l tor rard the lmmecl ie te sur round lngs : thc yankeo ls loud ' nnd veno lsy by s1enmlng cer doorg when er r lv lng Ie tc a t n tgh t ln e park lng lo tncar rcsldcntkl ereas whGrc apartment r lnanagers nvc cng{ igeal ln nldnlghtverba l wst f r rc to qu le ten the yenkee tenent - - no cons ldere t lon showu foro thcrg wh,onrc t ry ing to s lccp et n lg l t ; tha yankoo or lg lna ted thc nl l l teryrx lon: n l l , he t I do cveryone o lse shou ld be do lng at that t lmcn nnd thcsc l f l sb yrnkec gocg hls ncr ry wsy. And the hotspur yenkcc enJoys lcnv lngd,oorgend wlndowg open dur lng thc wlntcr by sey lng thr t co l i l l s re f resh lng


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nnd lnv lgors t lng : 8n unree l f l egrent unconccrn . fo r o ther rs foo l l ngs as wolt s lnoppor tun1ty towasteoxpens1veeo4rgy ,k ,o ,@ofeso* tnerner /of eoursc . Thc gmer t e lock yankeo thus boconoes he bcs t pr ine cxenp le o funcouth rasca l when t ry lng to re le te to thc Sout t rerner , suoh es 3sk lng ford l reot lons down South - - the yankee then c r l t l c Lzes Southern spoech by snyf t l osn t t hcnr you; speek-up through the munb l lnJr " a reel s lu r In the g.P,nor th scrccoh of the spceoh ( l f so gmcr t es prooln lmci l , w t t y necd dl rect lonsg lnce e yank, ;e ' knows cvery th lng nnd thus coul -d not be to ld enyth lng of vn lby a Innd fu l l "o f l gnorent and ln fer lo r poop lc?) . But such ls thc ro rson lnoepac l t y of e f rozcn n lnd l

Thc oo lc l -hccr tcd yenkcc ects or pcr forns l lkc ba lng on s tagc , c lownf ron t oenter , posed, e I I the t lmc (e fek l r s tegec l eppcer rnco, o f eourge) .Thc yenkee nesa l aocent d ls tor ts thc h ls tor le pur l ty o f the Eng l l sh goundend rrnkl is on thc gouthern eers; thc yenkac hrs fcsterad thc futurc lrr l t -e t l on o f h l s d lscord down South , sore ly rnn lc l cd fo r e l l t lmcs ln thc vcrbaebusc o f yenkec nls- ln fornr t lon cbout the Southhnd. The South ls thc b lggest reg lone l aree or per t o f the Unl ted Ste tcs . The South has a se l f - con-t r lncd wor ld s r cu l tu rc el l 1 ts own becrusc of thc phys lce l end cnot lon lso ln t lon :0pryLrnd end the count ry western e r t fo rn thc t e I I the rcs t o f thwor l c l reeogn lzes rs r greet (Hl I Ib l r Iy Ozark mountn lncers occupy onLy a sne lp i r t o f the South , evcn the chnrac ter o f Appnhch lcn peopLc as Aner lenrEon).y reel poverty hole bul l t the rnyth about the southland whl la the ynnkee


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ncnt lons no t word onc ebout Har lcn or r l l t hc lnncr c l t y ghet toes g! nor th )And Je;z ls the Southr s g l f t to the wor ld scene o f mue lc f ronn wh lch roek enro l l dcvc lopcd l t s orvner t form rs per t o f thc exposed Southern orper lencc .But tho supprcsg lvc yankcc ored l t s ne par t o f the Scuth es hav lng cont r lbu teto thc wor ld g tore house of kaowledge, espcc le l l y to tho r r t formg- Sut thwor l .d hlstcny does record the obvlous truths of hr :manl ty esr lndlcated by thhls tor leng) not loc of tho dlso lut lon of the 0k lahona Indlen Ter r l tory e f te rthc o lv l l w t r . Thc Ancr l cnn Indhas responded to tbe gcuthcrn vray of l l fornc t cxpcr l cnoc nor6 rcedt l y then to the up nor th un f r l ond l l . ncss : Cherokec 8Cadd lo r l bes ebsorcd the Scut .hern ou l tu re . And thus the Olc lahomend l rn Ter l tory suppor ted the Santhern causc 1n thc l ver bet l vcon thc s tc tcs ; the wln-n lng yenkec forcc pun lshad the Indhn t r lbss fur ther by opcn lng-up thc vss tfnd l f tn Tcr r l to r l t y r s . s te te for sc t t l e rncnt (yenkecs a rc a poor loscr o frny cvcnt end nn cycn worse wlnncr ts they t rke for the l r own what bc longsto go6conc c lse , espcc le l l y when of enothar rsce) . Thc lnvad lng source o fy rnkees oonc dowr upon thc rvholc ter r r ln es rcgu lar 8s r r lo f rom tba l r f ros

r . ( r - a ^ - - . - ^ - ^ - , - - - 'bc l t t o r conc l lke f roet -b l te f rcm tho l r l ong tc rsc tonguc. Ynnkec l i i t red fthc South hes brc i l t hc sccds of thc l r own d lseordcnt soe le l response g9!4South , r cp le tc wl th ocns tent hoat l l e remerkg (yrnkees never d lsp ley rnyaorc(n-L&__zt i6b{ f r ;v get bnok the vocal retort elwnys cones back Llko en ccbo upon

thcn) . ALso, the Southern acccnt var les s l l gh t l y e I l t h rough the South lendwl th thc most d ls t l nc t l va ver le ty be lng the Texens end the ok les ; thase two


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ua lquc eccents heve sproad the *o{ } th rough-out the wor ld by prov id lng thcB l6noar lng knowlcdge or sevy fo r the budd lng o t l l ndus t ry l n ALaskr cnd ofooursc oxper t l se to tho i l f l d Eest sh lekdoms wherc the yenkoc resontment endhet rcd also cont lnues . Hot ravcr , thc word .greescd w l th ol l moncy hes mdel ta msrk nor6 then thc shr l I l yankec brosue; thc best known pl .nec ln thcwor ld ls the South-ces t Texee e l t y o f Houston, And Houstoa baeene an lntcrnr t l ona l , c l t y l ong bofore ga ln lng even net lone l r4cogn l t l on f ron o ther 'per tso f t l l Un l t cd Ste tes (howevcr , New York Ct ty mayore l agcndas urgo no t to leenothcr nnJor oonpany leeve GothamCl ty s lncc s lx ty- f lvc f l rms have t rans-fegcd or f l cd to thc vreel thy sun bel t , to leeve tbc f rost -b l tc o f the ynntonguc enothcr yenkec t ra l t to p l ry down thc South lead nccompl l shments ,even to the po ln t o f lgnor lng posl t l ve et t r lbutos of the r lohos t c l t y l n thwor ld , Houston to rn) . Houston hes becn t ccnt lnuous boon to l va s lncc 1836 e1g dcpress lon proof beoeuse of the broed brscd economy,yet thc yenkecs 1g'g+:,! trr.!+- ln-{'-rgtetc-l CrpLt-e-L of th^e rlrorlr!-, bg segl-ag ttrlt ttra gtorrrth. tg aq-c ld l cn tn l . 0 r the yenkec confuses thc l ssuc of ccmpl lments by spreed. lng thel lnor , l nv ld lous or repugnant ; he t the i {ous ton po l l ce i lepar tment 1s thc tvoln the vrho lc oount ry j ye t federa l - governnentc l s tet ls t lcs do revce l e net loprob len of thc s .nc nagn l tude J-nel "1 f t f ty s te tcs . The b laseC yenkec prcsprotcots l t s org l l dees tb rough mnnrgcdn.ws of coursa 3s ln tbe easo of spthr t renk the coL l ,ege footbel l t cams -- r renk lng tha t i l oes not ndver t l ieSouthcrn toems such es the l ln lvcrs l ty o f Texes unt l l t be f l neL wln (yenkec


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7q ?q Zq Zq/ I q/ Zq rAnoRv ls l to rs dom south cxpress enazenent tha t r southernout o f the woodwork o wln ecc le ln ) . But f cc ts do notyankeo mentg l l t y when banter lng dogn south , whether ln

teem sudden ly comegct ln the vray ofenter ta lnmont or l

ro fa rcnce to h ls to r l c ecoounts . .Tho mer l t s o f h l s to r l ce l devo lor rmentor . t yoro logy m.ean oth tng to thc lesh lng cedenze of o rgan lzed vrar faro or verbnl abuse engondered upon thc

Southern exper leaec by yenkees who cspouse rs he l lovred language ru los thcebso lu tc gg nor th Lew eg lega1ese. Anr l the yankee yehoo ls c l so nbove thespce ln l l ews o f h l s own mak lng r ' ; ' he ther e lng npp l led to the lengungo ru losor to fcdere l l egn l l aws l the lnws of buss lng s tudents e lL over thc Southto e f f cc t ln tegr t l on ths t when epp l led to yenkeeknd bccomes he in f r l ngcof l nd lv ldurL hunen r lgh ts ; l rws o f l n tegra t ion rerc on ly ln tcnded for theSsuth whore cruo l en i l moen rabols naod constant eont ro l f rom the whlpp lngpost l -ews thrus t upon the Southernor by the v l r tuous en i t per fec t y rnkeemonte l l t y who ghows thc vror ld how broad- rn lnded n l l ynnkee lcnd ls toward threc l r l s t r l fo the t only thc South created; never word .ono ment lone i l tha tSnnkee t redors f l rs t brought s levos to the fector los up nor th as s fornr opro$ress : progress , e term or ept pseudonyn to d lsgu lse or mcsk thc e t temthe yenkac uscs to geln hls own wey but bot ter known down South es thc yrnnod ls oporSnd l to geln or to lmpose n w l I l o f l ron upon others rn l ronythr t sc rccohca to r he l t l ng ru ln avery th lng thc co ld . l l ppcd yankee toucheuscs or ebuscs ln h l s o l l pped weys - - Jus t progrcss lng t ruo to yenkco forml lkc the fnned S lmon Legrae who owned cxt t l o n l t l s ln Ncw Engl rnd cs wel lown lng 01d Unc le Tom down South (e t ruc gg nor th t red l t l one l doub le et rn i lao f yenkee eth lcs ln wh loh se l f l s ebove the lew) . But e qu lok voyngo th royankce l rnd eas l l y detec ts s oreck ln the shr l l l r l ngs of the L lber ty BcI lthe yrnkec heukg freeclom for cl l pcop)"e, cverywherc on earth -- for cLl thpeop l -c , o f ooursc , except Southernors . Indeod l thr r abrupt yenkeo eets hos


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rnd very ebras lvc ( tnc yenkoo ls l nsu l t l ng w l thout r c r11z lng the rudeness :nrse l tone and laok o f gentoe l &nnncrs or reer lng, neture l ly , ns e l l Southncrs know; and yenkcGs arc nralsedn a tcrm for anlnrals, not nresrcdn t termfor e legent humenyoung) - - co ld es the nase l conJest l ve menbrenc cnused bythc loy oo ld ol lnstc of the l r hos t l l c o r lg lns tha t l n f l uenoc I l l kc -bchav lo( tnc yenkac ls a proc luc t o f h ls h lnter land) . The t c rn yenkec hns a warn lngbulLt ln to the word Llkc e fe l I - se fe sw l t ch to lnsu l t Southerncrs as sooo ethe mucoug-f l l led-nombrenes of the nor thcrner speaks: nyenkn sound.s lkc ad .en ts l ex tmot lon termology or opere t lon tha t ln turn lnd loa tos thc hur t anaL l tho po ln about to happen aga ln w l th th l s vcrba l tool o f ebuse to thc-J4-^d.c lca tcVettuncd, c8ro

And thc yenkcc bts the loud ls t shr l11 word ( tnc lgs t loud word , o f couron cvcry subJeot on ce.r th. But the yankoo ls at best not a very good.yenkcfor a good yenkec gocs beok to yrnkcelendl Thc yenkec coaslders Southernerlgnorent Jus t by r r c r o f r cg lona l b l r th ard thus lncapeb lc of ln tc l l cct tn lthought , Vct Rhodcsr scholars hal l fron tbc Southlend nore then from thcyenkcc rcglons: poor educat lonel faol l l t les exlst outslde thc South contrerto yrnkcc propegend.e scoondery schoore ln thc s te tc o f cer l forn la hevc sur row eoadcmlc reoord or rnt lng that thc stuclcnts who move or t rangfcr lntotbc soutb get clenotcd two grei les bcceugc of week pro-ef f lo loncy ln thol ryenkcc lanc l o f ac td .cme) . And the top tcn nat lone l l y ra tec l h lgh sohoo ls ln


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t ha tTn t t od S te tes e 1 I cbound ln t he S ou th : B e I I a l re , , ' / es tbu ry , l l en ro r l a ) . anF reopor t , e 11 t o t he chegr l n o f t he c lamn vankee v rho r i ops no t be l l eve f ac t stha t f l o aga lns t t he gra ln o r bo ro o f h l s con t , . n t i on . l duca t l on , a v io r t h -wh l l e educe t l on , t o hear t e l l , 1s on l y a conr . nod l t y ach l . ved . by the gr11 . reothe no r t h - rne r - - a n Lpso fac to v rh lnper , na tu re l l y .

Y e t , eno the r g r l pe or wh lne f ron the cons tan t l i ' p red t c t l b l e bad mou th lno r ho rn b lov r l ng by t he yenkee bc ra tes a l l oe rs l n h lgh oc t i ve o r l l l dd le q .l c y t ones t o exc le ln l n pub l l c p laces such ss c losed e leva to rs tha t t hp S ols e lweys bah lnd t he t lmes , bu t n . v - r l s a yankee down S ou th beh lnd t he t lmthe yenkac h es the bes t o f a l l v l o rds even ' r sn ld$1" a l l t . he se l z , u r . s o f ccmp le ln t s t be t shou ld re f l ec t so much m lse r . y i r r t ho backward . d l s t r j . c t o f t hoUnibr ,d S t r tos wher . they now l i ve .c I l ngs to anc len t nnd v lo rn -cu t t h ine rs such asr t , ho * . - ' " . r ' . s l s l n f o f o Id . . r J , eopas S l r , Mam, Lady or Gen t l eman o r eveu A un t . ud Oous in B s a te rm f c r e lde r l yI ong- t lme fa rn l l y f r l ends th e brash yankee s ta tes these words o f s imp le , l ln l t y t oward o the rs w l t h fu I I ccn te rnp t o r r , v l t h a sneer to ano thc r pc rsonr ashou ld e 1 l soc le l l y exper l enced anc l adep t t h l nk lng peop le , ennounc t s th l so rac le o f pa r f cc t l on f r cn the nor thn rn tenpora l l ands (gnd do I ever usc thtec t l cg upon the yenkce , because o f the persona l exper i ence w l t h yankecs , tf oL low the lnsu l t l ng su l t r f r en speak in r to e nasa l yank re b roque ' v rho csnunders tand and rpspec t h l s cv /n nor t ho rn eur t ways ' nus t t rea t yenkees - t hewr y they ac t l n o rde r t o su rv l ve a round t hase c ras tu res o f hab l t ) . The !n -ccntempt by the nor t h coun t r y towar r l t l t ' sou th ho ld s f l rm and cver cons tant


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thcl r tceohlngs, whether ln the homc as subt lc clobagenents or la thc publ lclnst l tut lons wlth clerrogatory abenclonmcntwhcre foclerel ly fundcd grents thuf lnenoc thc pcrpc tue l en lnos l t y wl th pub l l c mon lcs tekcn f ronr n l l ovcr thoUnl tet l Statcs ( tnc South even holps pay for tbc larobest lng that the yankeclnf l l c ts upon us thc f rost bel t we l l dascr lbes the yankce persona l t y edcneenor ) .

Thc yankec syndromepersona l l t y proc la lms that Southerncrs arc s tup ldend baakwerc l de fanat lon bu l lds thc d lsp laoed yrnkce oharec tc r sel f - lmge,l f eny th lng o tn . , by usrc o f verba l -ebus lvo- rcenforcernent t l c t l es bocauce theyenkcc mente l l t y nus t bel l t t l c o thers to mnkc the se l f l ook b lg - - e nenteebcr rat lon tha t l s soo la l l y ecocptcd by e l l o ther par ts o f thc Unl t cd StetcJus t e t tend thc l r par t lcs to hear such sn lde remarks or phony nyth lce l te l cebout Soutbern""+ Ye.nkeos nslst that the Southern sof t sounds of lyr lcalI l I t o f k lndacss ln the vo lce shows e slgn of weekness l thus ; the yenkcc snping responsc to deolnln the Southcrn oonvorsat lon when ldees end, oplnlonserc e t t cnptcd to bc c rohangc i l ( tnc Southern swcctnesg of e greet lng or aklnd gcstqre fel ls on host lLc crrs so tbc soorn only bracd.s thc sl lcnt rnl -mos l t y the t t lmc l t se l f wl I I r ccorc l es the t ruc otu ,sc end ef fcot h l s to r l ce lturn for Ancr loers futrgc) . The futpre only belongs to r yenkec, for thcsouthorncr docs not hrve the lntcl l lgcnoe to f lnd l t -- only e yenkce encl eof yrnkeeland, hcvc real lntol l lgcnce or corract ways for epproeohing t" i to""


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of greet ooncern nnd lnpor tence; thus , the yenkeos rce1Ly have a sohr i zoprh1o l f no t psyohot lo nrente l s tn te towerd n l l th lngs dowq South s lnec ysnk ;csheve to carn thel r l lv lng ln thc r lch South whl le tho poverty of thc nortboenr suppor t then wl th r l l v ing wsger But to heer tn le end do we cvcrhrvc to hcer te les - - the yenkcc st l l l up nor th earns severe l t l nos thc lowSouthern pey soe1c, yc t t f they woro so smar t wby not return to the yankeeteel tb. enr i l hug not I lve ln the scl f -professed end condomnci lSouth? Thcyenkcc br lnga el l t t re l I Is of the lcy ways or phlcgmat lc thronty lc lncss ln. room or to a group: nbrupt yankces alwnys spoek of the perfect lon of thcfebulous yveysbeck ln ynnkeeland, Xct thcy are here worklng to cxeet I l lv lnf ron ths n lsersb lc South - - to haar tc l l back ln the nor th , ynnkecLand hesthe best honest governnent , thc best f r l end ly pcop lc end e l l the best th lngthat thc South so obv lous ly lac l cs and can ncver have as the yankoc 3o loud lproclefuns ln thc cvor-constant protest or lemcnt. But l f thc yenkees weroso br l l l lent , wou ld they have to so of ten remlnd everyone o lsc (yenkecs mubrs lnwesh or conv lnce thcmse lvca - - they rspa tho oars o f e11 redressedSoutherners who have to hear the mucous f l l l -cd eccent) -- surcLy thc smartyenkec ooul i l Leern enough down south to return up north and creatc n r lohcconony ln eLl of yenkcelencl l But lnstead, yankccs must herp end' cry-outthat thc ohnst lolzcd Southerner ls too baclcward and lgnorant to hevc croetothc wael . tb d'ownSouth ( tne schr lzrophrcnl r reel ly shows ln thesc extrerne


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f rnkec s te tencnts , fo r sure ly the yankeo ree l l zcs the ln-born hat rod syndror ment r l t l c ege lns t e1 I th lngs Southern un less th e behev lor l s t b re ln weslng hrs becn too subt le fo r thc yenkcc nante l l t y to .oomprehcnd beyond thcIoudness o f thc sp l t c fu l ep l the ts . the t s tn te the i r own psycho log lz ings forto heer .Ttrc Loud-nouthed ynnkee cven curscs dl f ferent ly rnd of coursc bet ter odef ln l te l y norc cor rcc t to hoer h lm cuss r11 the verbn l wor lc l : four la t terworcls rborrnd 1n the shr l l l yenkeo vocsbulery degrrdfng by usc of foul l rgungc puts l l fc exper l cnccs lnto propcr perspoot ! - vc ssys thc nor thcrncr wll l ngo ln ' rb loh nmothern ls the ug l les t cp l the t cver ut tere i t (no rcspeot cxpgcd towerd feml ly , oount ry and lnst l tu t lons wl thout a four - le t ter term -- \OSouthernor brg b l lnd Loye l t l es j / sp l t s -ou t tho d lsgus ted yenkee who hes thc o l car -ou t v l cw of d ls - l l l uscnent towerd soe lc ty ) . Yenkccg ssy BcfJegus rethen Just ph ln GD, ovGr a cen of bcc t l o f coursc ( t f re yenkee redneck docgspcct somconcwtro rcal ly uscs four- let tcr words ln eurslng hln out) . Andrcdneck becr cl r lnksr-s Llvc roelnly out of the South eccor i l lng to st l t ist logoont r t ry to the yenkec.know- l t -e11 g l lbness : Nevec leho lds thc recorc l for boonsunpt lon of )6 gt l lons 8 yc l r pcr person rnd then c logent New Hempsh l rcEuncg 32 gel lons pcr rcdncck yenkee gul let . And the Archy Bunker typo ls sul )er- tcdneck for al l , t1me, Brooklyn-style no lcss. Tbc ylnkcc redncck cvlookg dl f fcrcnt f rom e Southerncr : the dry end cold blowlng nlr 93 north nthc skln creok to sppcsx rs a road'mrp to old age dr lei l , wegtharcd' end l looBp ld lo t r . phys lce l l ooks 3re rbout a l r each lnd tv ldue l yenkce hes go lngsone l l y ln er r thc d ,anogrnph leyrnkec land rednock contc rs r The red 'neck ceextcni l fer out of t Ic South]and. , contrery to wldc-spresd Jnnkee p"op"g" id" tF l la t , I r f l ch lgen; Boston, t ' l essachuset t cs ; Brook lyn and Bron l ' New York ; Fre

ce l l f o rn le ; eni l Donvor , co lo r rdo Jus t to rnmc e fevr lneno p leces ofpurpo

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hend,, es pronounecd as thcy are trylng (only e demnNew York ycnkee coul i lr r t lonel lze or assut t ro he mouthing of nHouston Streetn as nt lowv-tonrn thcgsmc word nHoustont f ln Tcxrs nnmed or the san6 ldcnt lole Hugueonot Houstofenl ly thnt nlgretei l Southward from the cold Hui lson Val tey to New York Cl tyonrverd o Kantuoky end Tcnnessee end thcn f lnal ly to Toxes where i lcscendanof thc Hougton f rnl ly c lan oont lnue to thr lve &*^ South end nsver nls-pro-nounoc ds nHoru- toni r eo yankees do not elways hnve the onlv lest word on asubJ ot ) .

Evcry lest loud. yrnkec blor , rhard. ls ful l of meglarnonla or nesal ceter=byenkees clnr t bc wrong wtrcn refemlng to Southerners as lgnorant or i lumb.Tha exclelnlng yenkee has no real nanners or gr tc lous conslderat lon for othdorq South -- rdog eet dogt t descr lbes the yenlcee syndrone. Klndness ls nh ldden fector ln the l r porsonn l l t y whcn dea l lng wl th Southornors , nnd thcyenkcc must bc t rce tcd ln k lnd exec t l y es eaoh ono pe l t s -ou t thc s lovcn tc rI sof t k lnd tone ln the yenkcc throat belng unhearcl (e yenkee only undcrstewbat they thcmsclvcs d. lsh-out slnce yenkees are ncvGr wrong whcn onst lgnt lngSouthcrnerg) . Thc newly err lved yenkee to the South obsorves onc 6f twoth lngs : tba t Southcrn hosp l ta l l t y does not ex l s t a t e I I or tha t Southernhospl tel l ty end, r lcnd. I lness arc a slgn of thc sl rnple mlni lcd or vl l lege ldl(en ei luceted. castcrner holds thc nosc ns thougb d,oop n stcnch and does notepcek or ecknowLcdge h: prcscnoc o f o thers : th ls l s thc wey tho lntc) - I lgenshou ld aot , ponpous asses, e l l end the unlvers l ty sys ten has lndce i l evolnto that klnd of snooty cleque). The g}lb yankec commentsabout a fr leni t lypcrso11clorm, outh: nthe nloest person t l l t you get to know than' t t Tho yen


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syndrone bcoones so obvlous end scvcrc ttn t the scl f -proclelnei t enlnosl tythc South shows la how the yenkecs ut ter thc cpl thets, ut tered. so fest l lkcgpl t t lng words fron e get t l lng gun or berrage of sound.mvas oo yaooal rce-ponscs that hlt thc oers sharply (e yenkec d{l.drr. of not thtnklng untl lspeeklng, as aI I Southcraers observed Long ego rnd bld t lne for cercful rc-vclet lon on I pcrsonnl lcve1 lator when the t l rnc ls r lpe -- the loud. yenkenrse l bar regc ls thc lc rson for publ lo out regc : th lnk lng af ter one s;neksto hear the sounds or to hcar the l r l n te l l l gcncc ln rct lon l l ke no lsy cogEof r rusty neohlne gr lndlng or harplng to oonvlnce or esslugc thcnsclves othcl r own undoubted,super lor l ty over eLI thlngs Southern) . Thc yankee ln-veslon of pr lveoy wl th the down Fouth slur ctn ncver gound .s deroggatcryes thc gg nor th look ln the Southorn cyc . . . .

But the gj nortb yenkec oonstently lnvad,es the Southlanil as a snowblrd.ln d l sgu lse to csc tpc t t r b l t te r co ld r Vet thet s tm co ld .ncss to heer tc l lf rom the slsvlsh yenkce-mouth-plece lsnf t fc l t l lke tb eurful -honld oolcldown South . Thc yenkcc bes the eudac l t y to dcc la rc ser lous ly tha t oo ld wedoeg not fccl cold, gg nor th ( so why go South?) ; thus, thcl r laok of lntel -I l gcncc or b lgo tcd rcnson lng ebt l l ty shows agn ln es person i f i ed sohr l z rophrfor thet yenkcc dld. lndeed conc glg South whcre tho yankcc nentallty thcnoenr t rdn l t en obv lous pos l t l ve c l l f f e rence or g ivc pra lso fo r eny th lngsoutbcrn (such crezy or schr lzrold. bchavlor f rom e southerncr g3 north iayl


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tbst ool ,d, s colder gomewhereelse would surely resul t ln enothcr much U""cd raz lng or re ld lng o f our South lend honcs to look the lgnornnt c rez las oSouth ln nn asyl r rn to pro tec t n I l o f soc le ty f rom thc obv lous lunet l cs orthusly would rerson n sel f - r lghteous ynnkec, l f n Sout t rcrncr wcre duarbenoto sey tha t cold ls not co ld) . But the denn yenkee e lways rene lns thc Curo f thc np lc rsnntn but nun-oo ldn nor thern wlnter before f l oe lng beck lnto thperfect tcrmln of yenlceeLand.. Thc yenkee whi le dovm South wl l l cesuel ly sc rvc t loceLc tha t appcr rs s ln l l r r to r rust lc sconc up nor th, end then thyenkcc epo log lce l l y edds : t lu lyword , thc compar l sons to Southorn count rys ld .uou ld meke my nor thern landscnpe rpper r es be lng fu I I o f h l cks or poor andstupld foLks rsthcr thrn so ldyl l lo end pret ty ' t - - tho ynnkee does not bethc scns l t l v l t y to ree l l zc the subt le ln -brec l ha t rcd fm e I I th lngs SoutheBut the yenkec hes d l f f l cu l t y dr l v lng the nutomobl la on Southern f reeweys bcsusc I t re f f l c loop thet lnd lca tcs ees t , wcat , nor th or south d l rcct lons cfusc thc gen lus k lb tzer whoe spet le l percept lons cenr t do tern lnc uh loh turto nake to rcturn to tbc oo lc l nor th . . . . I l owcver , tho bl t ter co ld . of thc wtc r ls never so scvcrc es tht yankec broguc or eecent ; rn eutomobl le t r lp otour o f thc Unl t c i l Stetes reel ly cducntes thc ndino or t rust lng Southernerthc ree l hqnen l t y o f thc Aner lcan c l t l zonry towerd t t r South (cnd t rus t l sinclcccl r bnckwnrd trel t out of thc southln nd es tha yenkec so qulokly polntout rnd proves th rough cxemple 8s en ln fe r lo r ld lo t pcrsonr l l ty hrng-up) tothc wlde-sprcecl anlnnoslty end dlsllko shown torrverd tho southern worcl or spwi ren spoken across th ls ves t f rco Lend f recc lombelng rcsorved on ly fo rrvhl tc Et lpr- red.ncok-yenkeeas 3I I mlnor l ty groups ln Amer lca know througb'per lenoc, cspcclal ly the soUtherner who rcprcsents thc f l rst sub-oul turc svlvlng ln thc unl tcd States before thc r l lppre noovementmnde I l fe-stylos nn( t r< i tZ t La : * t ^ . , r At ' t teoccptect per t of evcrydey Amer lcan-w*F J: A notor t r lp ecross elL o


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thc Un l t cd Sta tcs d ise loses the demcpgaph lc ac ts that thc r tncrJr damnyanth lnks ln a l l n l t cd mente l capsc l t y tha t whero he 13 f rom compr lses tho ontrue part of Aner lce. And, thus, the blunt d.nm.nankee must d,enouncedownSeuth te shrw h ls d . i sp laced loya l t y to back the gg nor th syndronc , a ga l lepprov lnc le l l t y sprced th lck ! But the Southerner must p lacete l r bow, screpkr t rw, genuf lec t or evcn sa lome to a I l . s rous lng yenkee ways the l te ran tloud d?nn yankee ls t ru ly a "Johnny-come- Ia te l y " to the sc6no wh l le ccn t lnutc bad mouth or to gr lpe about a I I ' r o in ts South : the groused yenkee has I psona l t rade mark s f l amenta t l cns tha t dc tes t Southern v ie&ther tha t changesf rom e t tm l -serab lenunco ld fo r t y de , ' reos to a hot e lgh t ; r decraes es e resp l tf rom the wlnt ry ness so cor rnonup nor th for months on end. The occ lus iveyenkee nsturo ncver nbetes and 13 so repc t l t l ve , redundent or rocur ren tthe dgnn yenkee lnst lgates loud harengucs w l th o thor ycnks , eech be ing a cebon copy s f crch other l n the i r neget l ve r cspense.s o al " l Southerners . Thyenkee never cenn l t s a lv rong and there fore cant t l earn f rom n ls tnkos , fo r eIoud yankee nevcr makega mis tako whcn d.ownSouth - - such a knovr - l t -a l l e t -t l tude t r the ps ln t tha t yankees become he l r own wors t enenny y conp la in lnt r s t rengors !n pub l l c p leceg where the b lg loud nof th creetes r negat l vef l r s t lmpress lcn tha t l l ngers I l ke n en echo as e coastant pc l t o f verbe lebuse tha t n lps 1 lke co ld . f ros t b l t ton f l ngers s tuck up the n.so r r worse : funky . ,demn enkee invcr ts s ta toments ln a d lsccncer tec ef f r r t ts befudd ' Ie tSrutherner ; s te tements as nco ld nc turedn in tones the ynnkee rnente l l ty to mryru l lko celd weathern cr thus expounds the ferrety d.annyankee wtro nlsoth lnks ' rno8r s lgh ted t r meensbe lng ab le to sec poor ly a t c l r se r rngc ' Thc dv i l l sh or d .erv l sh persona l l t y knrwn es @ yankee renk les the l re o f thoSoutherner v , rhoeavos the torp ld nor th lanc le r e lOnc most o f the t lne '

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eutr bunpore thet lnt lmnte porsrnel bcbavlr r rnd thg usc of chumary B re6lot9,,Jr rgrn pLus thc T shlr t vcrbnYc thct lnvl tcs gnlckcrs rni t / r r dlsgust -- thc9ruthcrncr cln vruoh frr thc yenkec pcnt-up ralnosl ty es shrrn by thcsc slot l l ly neocptcd rut lctg. f i rus, thc yenkcc ls hlghly verbel but scldrm 1ln-gulrt loally flucnt -- ths qggg yenkcc hed rethcr nekc e snldc snlpelng tcnrr r glvc t dlg tr e sccnlngly dcfcnsclcss Sruthcrner then tr oonpl lnent (y"ndrcs nrt t rcr t Srutherncre wlth klnd regards end cen t i ly rcJr loe rver bedlluo$. Thc lnprr tuqcd denn yenkce nust dtg-up the erreers r f cvcry nlsconcct l rn r f l cerncd prccrnccpt lons r f wre tchcdncss eel led Sruthcra beok g nr r thThc yenkcc ncvcr heLte end novcr drege el tnr wl th et l . thc.grorns end nransr f s tc r l l c nockcry mru thcd ts nn , l t t eck cn d lspe l r sprced e l rud r r ebr redl lkc f l rcents rn tho nerch. Thc pisnl rc yenkcc blg mouth ls only goed. r rbecl nruthlng. The yrnkec hes e mrtr r nruth or hlgh rctevc C t.ngc; yenkecsry6 he hecl rethar l . lve ln n sheck beck ln yenkecleni l rethcr thea e'nenglrncl r rnr Sruth, Bo thetrs why the yenks I lve se lnfer l r r Ltw levcl t111 thcy orr 'cturn gg nrr th tr thc gcrd l l fc. But thc ydnkcc scldrm g.ct beok tr yenkehnd tr stey pernrnent ly ( r f ceursc, yenkoolend hee nr prver ty ln el l l tgquer te rcd r r z rncc l e rons) .

Thc yrnkcc uscs l rws tr contr r l pccplc undcr thc gulsc r f prr tcot l rn bhevlng cl ty zrnlng tr dlst r lct . r segnent l r6rs r f r el ty e. thet r f lnanchbesc 1111 orcr tc r claag r f pcrplc pr lner l ly ln rne rnrd or burrrugb eni l thufur thcr kccp the r .ocs e;nr t by uslng nrnotery cless rs rn crousc or sohlgnbetwccn groupt rf pctplcr e t l fc stylcg, f r r thc yenkec ls ncver rpcn endat re lgbt f r rnrd l ebcut h ls prcJud. l cea whlch r f f lo le l ly .n p .pcr dr nr t cr ls t


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fn . pcraene l l cvc l f c r e l l t hc wr r ld to scc ( tnc ygnkae l l vcs ln thc e I I -Amer loen o lesc lcss src le ty ! ) . Thcre fare , zon lng 1s t ru l y r re r l cs te te g lmnlck . r r p l r y t r buy res ldent le l b lackcd erees en i l then v r t c v le the c l t yc rmmlse l tncrs (nun lo lpe l fo rm cf s rvernmant usc i l e I l . ver thc Unl t cd l S tn teser lg lne tcd wny c l rwn South e t Ge lves ton) t r ohengc thc zonc to I bus lnessre t lng , eneb l lng 3 pepcr p r r f l t to dcub le . r evcn t r lp le thc ve lucr f thecrat tz pr tper ty rn ly the cr rpr retc f l r rns r .cp the huge prcf l ts . ButH lus t rn hae t r r nuch lndlv lduel l t .y t r c .py r so l f l sh and lgnr ren t yenkeezon.Lng e thrd f ,o r cvery dey l lv lng (end thr t r cbe l l l on rcel ly l r ks the yenncnteL l t y ) : n l zon lng Lewg ennb le n l l s r6as r f Houston to borm, Jus t fu r thet r p rovc the t ru l cs end regu le t lons ' l nh lb l t ree l cconrn lc gr rwtb ; pcssentsh lwover , nccd ' ,vr l t tcn fornu les to l ln l t o ther t s succcss end consequent l y tog lvc en cdgc t r the yenkce zon lng sys tcn . And rcd l l n lng c rce tcs s lue . rersrB sr cv ldcnt ln e l l Un l ted Ste tcs el t les. Bub the yenkees wnnt t r enectzon lng l lke eI I the l r p rver ty c l t l es back gp nr r tb heve rn i l thus spreed thehr r r ld weys under thc gu lsc r f pr rgrcss (Hrui ton hes a twcnty- four mLl l , l rnd l r l 1er surp lus whlch eneb lcd the nun lc lpe l l eeders to buy a count ry c lub t rconver t ln to enr ther c l ty pnrk , lnd the cl ty .wns n menshn t r cntcr ts lnguests or pr rspcet l ve corpr rnte exccut i ves vuh l v r l l I p .ss lb) -y m.Tc lergcoompen les r Hrus ton t rwn) . But z rn lng en larges ghat t r ce , end ghet t l cs d rcrer tc oheep pr rpcr ty for the yenkcc bus lncssnen to m.vc cnt r r r t r ornt r rL lyenkcc knrw-hrw has r hel l rw sotrnd der4pSruth wherc zantng ls reorgnlzcd as-'*-tha rao leL eegrcgr t l oneL tor l to perpetuetc ghe- foes . Anc l thc b leok ghct t rls ee l le i l r hr l ler i lown South becruso Nagrrea s lng r r hr l ler ehents whl lc


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wrrklng .r cvoa wr lklng d,rwn thc streets; the ghet t ; es a yenkee prcss epl-thct f r r e I I B leok hrnc arees c rnnr t r tes on ly prver ty reg l rns Logr l l zc i l enpcr l retur tcd by the lnf rmrus yenkec know-hrw laws thnt hrve nrw becrnc legl tnr r n r t r r l rua to rppcsr f l r s t benef l c l r l bu t ao tur l l y reguLt l n sc l f - l n te res tprokc ts r f oreet l ra (zcn lng bunchcs togc ther groups l f pcrp l ,c ln eernrmlcohrgcs end thus the zrnei l ghet t rcs dcfcet d.amrcr rcy whl le kocp lng a pr r lo f chcep lebr r .n wel ferc for fu turc cxpl r l te t l rn) . The yenkec prcss lgnr rothc r r l g tn o f thc te rn ghet t r the t r l s r s t l l l hes l t s usc to re fe r to l ev l sJewlsh canmunl t les ( tne knrwlcdgeeble South.Jncr st l1I canf f iegr . r rcr lHr l .Lcr ) . Foc lc re l g rvernnent e ld 1g c l l spcnsed to ol t les ecor rd lng t r thezrncd r rcas r f nccd, aad thus thg fddere l bureeucr roy hes bcormc the pl rygr rund or oh lc f work lng t r r l f r r the yankcc . And thc yenkco lnpcr la l lsm futhcr spreeds persane l powcr by meens r f the federe l g rvernmcnt lews. the t lnspcat r l l c l t y , c run ty nnd st r t c cLect l rns hc l .d 'down South- - ) .egr \ i enet l rnsundcr the gu lsa t t p r r tec t nr lnr r l ty r lghts ( t f re yenkec mente l l ty bres ts r ff recdrn fc r e l l rnd cqus l l t y , yc t dres nr t min l t r r o thar s te tcs ru t r f thcSouth - - rn ly d lwn South i l res lnJust lce end preJud lcc t rmrd the rcccs cx lssnys thc yenkcc leedarsh lp o f Amer lcn; the Southerner 1s e pr lsoner wl th lnh ls own c.unt ry wherc gr fss lncqu l t l es cx ls t l n th lg shemec l epub l l c the tcsprusas f recdrm for e I I o ther per ts o f the wrr ld ln gucb e br rgged ' r c lr rutc ry lng or f l nnbryrn t Jeer ) . Aner l ce ls nr t fo r thc Southc lnc l , a t n l l . Buthc dnnn yrnkec i l res not rcal ly know the extent r f thc Sruth wh.cnexprundln. r 1eotur lng ln demtgreph lcs : yenkee cvcn l l s t s Wesh lng ton, D.C. es Sruthorf r r thc lnf lqx o f sr f t gr r , r thern spccch confushas thc muo.u t l manbrenc r f r


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brmer br r ln . Thc drnncd yenkec hes f cunc l r mecer r f dc l lght when herese lnSrutherners; tbc yenkcc hes sn ear f r r hershncss e l rng w l th the ec ld tonguthr t ' nekcg 1d l . c commentery f l gnornnt h leks es thc L l l t o f so f t Southcrnspecch f l re te by . The vrce l Jur lsd lc t l rn o f the Sru th has cx tendcd fnr beyrnd thc rcgl rn dcn lgrc tcd cs drwn South (Southorncrs r rgenlzc c luba or sogr rups to nec t c r ben t rgcthcr rs thc dcpr l ce tcd yepkecs crc. ) ,e ln ln crsspcr thn .vcr sec lng Srutherns r rganlze ln t r er -ms- f r - r l t cd . But yenkhavc f r rncd l ncc t lng p lecas through-out thc Scuth cs e heven f rcm the lgr renredneok (e I I Southerncrs lmned le te l y que l l f y es redncok t r the .9enn yrnkceBut the bcun i le r l cs o f the South befudd le thc damn yankce es sure ly rs doespr .pcr lnnucndr r f t he Eng l l sh lcng\ r8gc l tse l f ; the fer raeohcs of thc phelnonrn cr l l ec l Sru thern ex tend: A lebeme, Arkrnses, Gcr rg le, Fhr lde , aentuckLru lskne, l v l l se l ss lpp l , Nr r th Cerr l lna (end the wrrd nr r th here usur l l . y c rofuses thc muoousncmbr rne pu lse t l rns) , South Crro l lne, Tcnnessce, Vl rg ln l rend Texes thc t t { lssrur l Compromlscof 1820,st l l l con fuses thc knrw- l t -e l1yrnkcc-- Wcst Vlrglnle brrke wl th the Tldcwnter el l to r f Vl rginl r tr frrnpr r -nr r tbern lYcat V l rg ln le. And Oklehrme whloh neens rcd men rr In i l l en Tarl tory tslstedt thc Sruthern ca/rsc rr the Crnfedareoy end thus the wlnnlngxe*'Fcdcre l Un l rn Grv, r rnmont openY the f nd len Lends to the yrnkees for the les tb lg l . rad rugh (yenkecs t re c bad,w lnncr , f l r thcy nust cven yct ornt lnuc t rusurp enc l f r rcc the l r hrst l le weys up.n cveryone everyurherc , cspcc l r l l y drwSruth) . And,r l ron loel ly , the Ind len Inads bccenc hugc r11 rescrvcs thn t cx -teni t wey dlm Sruth; tbercfr rer the Southcrn wnr ory hes bco.nc3 nlct the Bterds Frcczee - - 3 rce l un l f l ce t l rn ege lns t yenkcc fec t loneI l sm.


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Tbc yenkcc c t l cs r f enx le ty s t l r -up e ce lc l ron d f seeth lng fnct l rn lsnnhcrc cvcr the yenks gces, end nr t Jus t drnn Sruth, re shrwn by the f r re lgnprL lcy o f thc Unl ted Ste tcs whon Hcnry K lss lngor rbserve i l ebru t the ne t l rnepr l , l cy: n l t ney be r l sky t r bo an cneny ef thc Unl tcd Ste tcs , bu t t r bc l tsf r lcncls ls feteln thc remerk ut terei l ln 1968 whcn Clerk Cll f frrd rnnruncp lens tc d l t ch thc Sruth V l r tnemcse government Jus t bef r rc R lcherd N lx rnr slnnugure t l rn , Jus t to qur te e rea l yenkee ln ac t t cnrsc t ruc to f r rm. Thusthc lnccssent yenkee e lweys s teys rn the prowl and brcomes a fsrmld lb le ones thc rcbc l Sru th knrws s r we l l fo r thc pss t hundred ycars r r .eo - - thcSoutherncr s t lU remnlns a las t c lassed c l t l zcn todny ln ths Unl te t l S te tcsr r r t n re t e n ln r r pr r t r f the fddcra l un l rn (decc l t shrws ln how thc yenkeoulpr l t r r m lscrcent bes t rws fevr rg or l eure ls rn ly fn hls rwn k lnd t f pcrpr r f r l l rws whr spcrk wl th the semc nes. I c l lp " . t . .h" - - thc dcoc l t shrws s.p le ln l y ln thc yeakce gr ln r r sml rk bef r re fo l l rwlng h ls ec t lons w l th e berr .gc r f ncn te l brute l , l kc Ind len vr rcst ly lne) . Thc yenkcc dc l lgh ts ln mek lntr rublc f r r r therg -- cspcc1r l ly the Srutharncr -- undcr thc erclel unbrclLr f prot rcr l so the t the chsh lng r f wl l l s end gneshfng r f tee th conc l rne thr rb l t rary eggrcsr l .n rs a ga le cvent . r l rnpnnptu cr l lus l ra whcn et tack lngsoe le l cus tons , t redl t l rns end, Srutharn spccch: on ly Sru thernerg lnvc t redl -t l r ne l fen l l y ro . tn ornp le tc w l th escutchcons. r l cg l s en i l an .nccs t r r l h rmstced decdcd to thc he l r s ln e l l t hc wldc rcg lons r f the Unl t cd St r t cs ( tncdenn yenkcc roans apund tot muoh or trr r f tcn on the prowl or brrwl t r bul. r . t l eoounu ln tc rn t lque er t l f rc ts nuoh Iess to ecqu l re t pec l l g rec : e merr lebrvc the pcrssnt rebb lc , ra t -nes t lng cx ls tencc ls the rn ly hopc f . r the se


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cl lmblng enlalel neturc t f the'/ 1'l;44,/+ -,-Ea known rs clemnyt;kce drwn Sruth) . But

thc { rnn yenkcc pcre ls ts ln hc ld lng t r o ld wl rn- rut v lews t r mythe s teepedleerncc l ln thc nr r thern cLess torn cL lmes: meln ly thr t thc Sruth le i l evo ldr*2"srphls t lcef ton, urbene cul t r : re and crsmrpr l l tan r r net repr l l ten w.ys (neveln vrguo to bc e ff i ; Srutherner, for the lgnrrnnt el l l lvo E!!qt Sruth,csp.uscs thc denneb lc yenkcc) . Thc dann yenkoe, thusr . hes the d lv lne r tgh tt r supprcss Sruthcrncrs bcceuse the ynnkee dlsoret lon e lweys remelns a Sru tthrent th8t i l lsnls 'ses thol r .wn lntenperencc nnd ei lu l t rat l rns, dlsoulpatceg l t wcrc (cvcn the Paer l y Gates cnt rencc t r Gldrs yenkec hcevcn ls ln r1eBrst rn l f no t thc nr r th-castcrn c t t y l lml ts of New Yr rk Cl ty) . Thc demnyenkcc hes csothtec l the mrdcrn i t teck rn the Sruth leni t bcceuse r f .ncc eganent lng soneth lng f r r nr th lng: the wnrm ol lne te .s tho os ld heer tcd yenks tto esoepe the hersh wln ter l cc - - sun bc l t a lways .be lng prc fer red by thc lntc l l lgcnt oevel lcrs centur l cc ngr , bu t the hr t fec ts rn ly recent l y b t l ngIeerned by thc dul l -wl t tcd. yenkcd. The demn yenkce cen actue l l y leavc thcor l c l o l l ncs r f h l s h ln to r land, but crn ncver phys lce l l y cscrpc thc c r ld l n t r rvc r ted shc l l r f thc. yenkee personn l l t y tbr t oont lnu is to nekc the Sru thernc

\Lt he leugh lng s t rck of J rkes , dcp lc t l ng lgnr ren t ohl rnotery (Thc But t c f I thes bcormo thc trei lcnerk or ynnkee modls opcrendl trward thc Sruthcrncr , t lput the. ).rwly brunt rf stupldl ty ls Southern spccoh punoh l lnes to ghrw lrwo lagscd. lgnr rcnoe: thc s tnc techn lquc bc lng i lone wl th B leck Ghet t l d le l co tsto s terer typc lgnr renoe es hnv lng e c. rncr on thc mcrkc t eccr r i l lng t . r rccl r l oa lc ) . Nr resp l te evcr resu l t s , on ly a s te l cmctc Jenmlng wl th u tmrs td l spetob l lke I mnn lec ln th ls cre l l t lon; the soan thet e yenkec - - eny c le


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ysnkcc perpctr t tcs or purpor ts upcn s Srutherncr sJ.weyseontalns pernlelous per. rat lcns end rnkcs the demneble yrnkec A-0.K. rr A- l lwtber-Onc sm.nthe dcnse rr dul l heeds f r rm gg ncr th ( tne erubby demnyrnkec essumes t sunnn rolc ts perplex or pcr tufb, but tbc Seut l ;erner 1S thc rcel supr l ' 'hturenvu^ ^


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thc Sluth wtrare thc burdcn rf carpetbnggers kecp noigrnt lng ln i l roves, f l r3s snowbl rde end thcn thc ebrmlneb le snowmrn nrv lng f r rn t \e f ros t beLtkoeps! The mrveeblc ieng yenkee hns nn unwr l t ten r l l lencc wl th thc ao lscnec lc by r thcr yenkcc lmmlgrents t r emendntce11 beedt l fu l Southcrn 's rundswl th thc l r ug ly nnse l nucous- f l l Led nembranes hr t v le t r d l sp lse , t r dcprcc la te . . ' ead nr re . . r thc pres t lnc her l tege en i l wey r f l l fe d .own eu( t t re denn yenkee ls ln to le ren t o f Srutheracrs end hrs e vsguc 6ce l r l us ts t lnct to rnnoy: teunt lng r f sruthern spcech by e shr lu h lgh-p l tehcdt edrment nuoous n 'as l l l t y the t g l ves a hersh ebendoncd rcel l ty or va l ld l ty t rthe lcv l ty Sru therncrg nust regnrd ln rota l le t l rn of sono future cpter l t rl nmerg l rn o f ldcas lnto un"onat t l sne l supersegrnentcd pl thcts thr t rn ly td l ss ldent sruthern lnd lpendcnt lnd lv lducr must ue" {Zs e or .ss wh l re thcyenkcc c tn ac t end.dr exec t l y ns hc p leeses t rwerd thc vf r r lc prpu lecc , rssubt l c bnnter lng r f nameoe l I l ng lndloet r .d . The yenkec le gorc l e t n3mc eL1ng: rcddeck, hlck, stupld. lgncremus ln referancc tr gouthers. But yenkcvGn cnI I cach r thcr herd, tcrng whl lc gerrul rus mrrds ot bcutg ln New trcrpronpt : nWhlte nlggern. And thc cnce clern wal l -s cf publ lo buiLdlngs f iutcrprcns thc clut ter of thc yenkcc conscl rusncgr wltb thcl r ln lml t lb le grf l t t o r gref f l t l spreed for cvcryonc to sce as works r f yenkce er te orcr tcby the bcgt o f thc l r n lnds . Thc yenkec hes carc fu l l y c tc r t cc l e whr lc l ts t lcsoc lc ty r oo l lee t l v l zcd , on thc theory the t no lnc l l v ldue l oan bc t rus tcd ,rnlscnthrrpc as thcy edmlt : tho yankec espouscs thcsc vlews thrsugh e turncup nfse cr I stuf fod- l rp nnr ls thet neei ls ts blrw muorus r l l .vcr tbe crpt l


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Sruthern l l s t cn lng aud loncc - - a l rud b lowlng that r ius t hcve bacn sc hardto ecconp l l sh r lonc , tha t r11 the mlghty yaakcc bra lns werc bLrnn- ru t ts rn lneegir rennentg remeln of prcconoept lonel Southorn nyths trught gr cereful lyrs tbr r lu tc t ruths by tha schocrs end the teeehcrs up nor th.

Yenkcc terchcrs eni l col lege prr fosscrs go down South tr r ry1rk nd thustekc prct lo l l ocnsc tc mock l r t r m ln l c ln the c lessrorm the vrce l pet ternslnncdhtc l y s rundcd l l kc ea eoho t t bot l t t le c r t c befudd le the Southerngtudcnts t verbe l lnswcrs . r r csp .ns6s ( such unpr r fass l rne l behev ler wru ld blebc l l ed b lg r t r y 1 f e Southorn teechor wcrc t r d.era o suggest .p r .nunc le t lonchengc frr I denncd yenkce vrcel chord thc AAUP, Aner lonn Assrclet lon rfUnlvcrs l ty Pro fcss . r s , end thc f idere l gevcrnncnt weu ld cnect procecd lngsr lght ly so rgr lnst Southe, rn eechqrs f or t tp s l l gh tes t ln f r l ngement r f s tud|4e14!s r--r lghts, rnly l f e ynnk* crmplelnc-df . Thc demn. enkec tcechcrg drvqt gouthcxcLeln nr r thcrn super lor l ty by t runt lng e tes ty snepp lng hcre ld e t cvcry .nwhr le slnplc ntndcd cnough to bc fr lendly eqt l pcrsoneblc. Thc yenkc6 rssuhe hes e c . rncr on ln tc l l l gcncc : e nele yankcc oc l lege s tudent wl lL cvcn crblg orrcrr t lLc tcers. t r geln e Sruthcrn tcrohcr f s syaipethy end thus hopes noto dr the requ l red olneer r rn wrrk ( rcseerch paper subn l t t cd wl th nr fcr tnr tcend nr blblbgrsphy bcceusc drwn Sruth sr : rc ly nr rnc has cvcr scco such rc-qu l r cnenta rnd, thus ; thc yenkcc pup l l f s en l lgb tmant l s I teer Jcerker l ) . Bg nr r th nr guoh behev l r r wru ld bc to leretec l . r cxpcoted by the c rabby rndgnr f f pedenta . And, o f coursc , a fc l low yenkee b lee i l l ng hcer t l lber r l t eeceympathlzcs wl th thc cmet l ras of thc nlsundorst lod yenkce student \dl r oculd


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/ Lsr, tsr/ t51 rAYroRen abso lu to T. Po l l sh jokes pro l i f e ra te f rom sneers o f the yenkee l lps ,v tht le $g Sputh the semePol lsh J ibes t rans la te or t ransl l terate lnto thefened Agg l? Jok-es (southerners shovr sens ib l l l t l es and cul tured t t y le evene canard , , o lo boy or not ) . ' ! t r veryyankedJoke meant to be funny becomer nc ln lmer or d ls -s ta f f tha t l ron lcn l l y both g lves and tskes sv /ny ron the chac ter o f the e thn lc grcup. And the.Sar ru lous yankee fur ther de l l sh ts ln qlng fac ts to a Bleck face t i ra t twc- th i rds c f a l l e lass i f l ed er lnes even ' , , /r v lde are con, ' " r i - t ter i y t l ie 3 l -ack race: Br i ta inr s L :ndcn I {ar Ien ea l led Br l x tonsw hes one ml l l l on B lacks f ron the c ld em; r i re , and cr ln res on vrh l tes hevecroesed to the po in t o f vo t lng to depor t non-vrh l tes or ' so seys the broad mod yankee (cnd the l l bera l yankee face- to - face co ins vrords o ca I I e t ten t ioto den lgra t lng s ta t i s t i cs , such 8 s a ' tn lg ravat l cn" v rhen hese r rn lg ran t ' r v /aspread eI I the I tn lgger6ee ' r lar5 'ess ' , ' ;ords to ana lyse the nn lggero logy t t env l rrn rnent th l t t r16 ' .gers the negr l l lo lcw breeker ) the yenkec cad cen dcmcaor l nvokc fac ts l l ke these es; r le rc lng lns lgh t and st l l l no t be dubbed arsc ls t wh l le e casue l Southern ep i the t i s ass lgned or proc la l rned es heresyf rom n rec ls t Southern p lg vrhonevcn su{ l f . l es t lng- lnequ i t l es between the raco( tno dem.n enkee has these tnnl lengble r l , lh ts or umbrage hr t Southerners edented, 1n f rcedom lov lng Amer lcc) . The se l f -es teemed, . ' rankec l r tues fur theex;nnd to f1111p cr to buf fet Southern consc leusnesg by rcvea l lng the drmn

\O -r.'yenkce es a real - l l ve n lsMtnrope, by the se l f -adn lss lon oxemple when cxc lc1ng that one must never t rus t another person (Uut on ly Southerners have preJud lced.behev lor ln th l s land, o f Aner i ca) . Tho yankea ment r l l t y thus hes eoonx la l ex tens lon or ex ls tence I lke I speedtng run-nway coech t re ln mov lng

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rAYtoRJud lce ex ls t o r cen be detec ted es the up lander so of ten t r l cs tc eonv lnceand. eonstent t ry renind the Sout i rerner of yenkeo super lor i ty. But such r grnre le lse pour lng f rorn the yankee nenta l l t y tekes a concre tc form wl th schoobuss lng whlch den les lnd lv ldua1 f reedoms nnd sta tesr r ights ( t t re educatedend lntcl l lgcnt BLacks now reel izc the role of ccmmtrnl ty sohrr ls ln gelnlngt que l l t y cducet l rn f r cn the pub l l c sohr r l sys tcn thr t now oan rnly te rch

thc t i es lo th rcc Rtg .a I scvcnth gndc Lcvc l fo r thc h lgh sohro l . g reduetc ) .lbc Srutherner hee bccn dclgncd ts alweys bclng ef thc ocueervet lvc pr l l t lcrpereueslrn (rnly thc l lberr l yenkcc alrveys a

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