You mean you look down on everyone except the Armenians. Come on now George :-)
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2013, at 8:33 AM, "George Glastris" <[email protected]> wrote: > Be that as it may, we Greeks look down on everyone else since we are the > creators of Western Civilization. As the father in "My Big Fat Greek > Wedding" said......"Every thing comes from the Greek." > > Or as my late father would say to his best friends (Mr. Kelley, Mr. > Germeroth, and Mr. Freed) "When my people were writing the great > philosophical books of the ancient world, your people were swinging from > trees." Then again, he would remind my mother that HIS family were > Corinthian but that HER family were only Thessalian. > > -----Original Message----- From: Vinyl Visions > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 10:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison and anti-semitism > > Honestly, growing up in western Michigan, even as a white male I felt > somewhat oppressed by the very nature of the clannish ethnic groups. It > didn't matter if you were white, what mattered was whether you were Polish or > Dutch. For example, the Dutch had bumper stickers that said "If you're not > Dutch, you're not much." Talk about discrimination... you couldn't buy a > house in Zeeland, Michigan without going through an "interview" with a Dutch > realtor - there were no "For Sale/Rent" signs in Zeeland, even though houses > were obviously available. If your last name didn't end with a "ski" or other > Polish ending you weren't accepted on the west side of Grand Rapids and the > blacks were all located in their own section of town, because to avoid the > busing and integration laws each small community that made up the total of > Grand Rapids proper, incorporated into their own small towns. Benton Harbor, > Michigan is a prime example: in the 1950's it was predominately white, but in > the 60's a > nd 70's as blacks moved in - whites moved out across the river to St > Joseph... the last time I was there, Benton Harbor was referred to as Benton > Harlem and St Joseph was almost totally white. > >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:44:50 -0500 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Phono-L] Edison and anti-semitism >> >> Given when he was born, where he lived, and his own ethnic and cultural >> group, I would be surprised if he were either more or less "anti-semitic" >> than others in the United States who weren't themselves Jewish. >> >> It wasn't remarkable for a Christian home owner to want to sell his home >> to another Christian; for a Christian employer to want a Christian employee. >> What we have here, I think, is a kind of "social distance" felt by one >> social and cultural group from another. >> >> In my own lifetime, newspaper advertisements for houses for sale or >> apartments to rent in New York City included clues in their texts about who >> they >> wanted, e.g. --- "churches nearby" --- carrying with it an implication of >> who they *did not* want. >> >> Edison was a man of his time, place, and background. >> >> paul charosh >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
