really I was not trying to be imflammatory, just pointing out the
obvious problems of race and relations in the American South.
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>DEAR ALL,
>I'LL SAY THIS: MY YARDMAN IS FROM CHASE CITY IN MECKLENBERG COUNTY, VIRGINIA
>AND HIS LAST NAME IS THE SAME AS SOME OF MY MECKLENBERG COUNTY ANCESTORS WHO
>WERE ROAMING AROUND THAT PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AT THE SAME TIME AS
>HIS ANCESTORS.......AND ALTHOUGH I AM AS WASPY AS THE NEXT PERSON, I AM
>PROUD TO CLAIM MR. MAJOR PURYEAR AS MY COUSIN! NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE AND
>HIS WONDERFUL WIFE, BETTY, ARE MY TWO BEST FRIENDS!
>SO, MR FINKELMAN, IF YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO STIR UP SOME SORT OF A
>RACIST HORNET'S NEST WITH YOUR SUPPOSEDLY INFLAMMATORY COMMENTS, YOU CAN
>FORGET IT!
>I AM PROUD AND HONORED TO BE RELATED TO MY AFRICAN-AMERICAN COUSINS!
>I AM HONORED THAT THEY WOULD DEEM ACCEPTING ME INTO THEIR LOVELY FAMILY.
>SIGNED:
>DEANE FERGUSON MILLS
>13TH GENERATION VIRGINIAN THROUGH THE PURYEARS AND THE FARRARS AND, YES, THE
>JEFFERSONS.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "qvarizona" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 3:56 PM
>Subject: Re: TJ and Sally's kids
>
>
>
>
>> Paul Finkelmen wrote: "I would bet that
>>99% of all southern "whites" with roots that date
>>before 1840 (or even 1860) have lots of "black" relatives."
>>
>> That's a bit of a generalization, don't you think? To start with, it's
>>
>>
>based on a misconception, thus the conclusion is a bit silly. From the
>get-go the majority of Virginians and other southern white men did NOT own
>slaves. This didn't mean they were less biased than TJ and the other
>politicians, but it did mean opportunities were not the same. Perhaps we
>sometimes forget that "history" is about more than what happened to VIPs
>like TJ and the other rich and famous.
>
>
>> Joanne
>>
>>
>>
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