“If you care to define the South as a poor, rural region with lousy race relations, that South survives only in geographical shreds and patches and most Southerners don't live there any more.” IfsCarePoorRaceRelationSouthRegionsPatchesRace RelationsSouthernerIf You Care Author:John Shelton Reed
“There's an ethic that says: 'You don't run off to the church for the sacraments of salvation, you establish a personal relationship with God. You don't run off to the courts for justice, you settle it yourself. You don't run off to labor unions to sort out your work relations, you can take this job and shove it if you don't like what you're doing.” IfsRunningJobsChurchJusticeEthicsLaborRelationCourtSalvationUnionsSettlingSacramentsRelationship With GodPersonal RelationshipsLabor UnionPersonal Relationship With God Author:John Shelton Reed
“No one would stand for it [being the fool in the media] in a minute if you took any other group -Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, women - but somehow it's okay to do that with hillbillies.” IfsGroupsMinutesMediaFoolOkayAfrican AmericanNativeNative American Author:John Shelton Reed
“You ask people what their ethnicity is, and a lot of Scots-Irish people either don't know or if they know it they just don't acknowledge it. It's not something they really identify with. They're just plain old Americans, plain vanilla. I don't think they are a self-conscious voting bloc.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsSelfAsksConsciousAcknowledgeVotingSelf ConsciousEthnicityScotsVanilla Author:John Shelton Reed
