I'm not Welsh, by my Welsh ancestors were accepted as "American" before the Irish ones were. Despite the fact that they were "lace curtain" Irish.
On 2/26/07, paul phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jim Devine wrote: > <snip> > (WASPs). Of course it was only when JFK was elected president in 1960, > that they (we) became "truly white." > > I prefer the way I once described it: "the Irish became Welsh." > I find this rather amusing. The Welsh were discrimated against by the English long after the 2nd WW. I have friends my age who were punished in grade school for speaking Welsh which the English were trying to stamp out (just as we did with aboriginal languages in residency schools until quite recently.) And when the went to university in England were made fun of and mocked because of their Welsh accent. It is only in the last decade or two that the Welsh language is being taught in schools in Wales and even has become the language of instruction in many cases. i.e. the Welsh have only obtained full rights in the generation, probably after JFK became president. By the way, Jim, since you have become Welsh, I hope you will be celebrating St. David's Day on Thursday (March 1st). Paul P
-- Jim Devine / "The truth is more important than the facts." -- Frank Lloyd Wright
