Study Faulkner, then dive into The Burden of Southern History by C Vann Woodward. America is a steely alliance of two different national cultures, one of which suffered military defeat on its own soil, followed by an iron-fisted occupation, without diminution of its patriotism toward the whole.
I’m not sure Yankees can truly understand us any more than Americans can truly understand British reverence for the Royals, and vice versa, but we need to keep trying.
Study Faulkner, then dive into The Burden of Southern History by C Vann Woodward. America is a steely alliance of two different national cultures, one of which suffered military defeat on its own soil, followed by an iron-fisted occupation, without diminution of its patriotism toward the whole.
I’m not sure Yankees can truly understand us any more than Americans can truly understand British reverence for the Royals, and vice versa, but we need to keep trying.