“Why can I write 'South' with some assurance that you'll know I mean Richmond and don't mean Phoenix? What is it that the South's boundaries enclose?” KnowsWritingMeanSouthBoundariesAssurancePhoenixRichmond Book:My Tears Spoiled My Aim, and Other Reflections on Southern Culture Source: My Tears Spoiled My Aim, and Other Reflections on Southern Culture
“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
“Every Southerner, I think, knows people like Bill Clinton, maybe not quite as smart and maybe not quite as liberal, but kind of a glad-handing, country-club yuppie Southerner. The problem is we don't have labels for middle-class Southerners.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindCountryProblemClassMiddleSmartBillsClintonClubsGladLabelsMiddle ClassSouthernerCountry ClubsYuppies Author:John Shelton Reed
