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The official Chaplain of the Coli
What do you think of this guys argument? Do it have some validity? Here's an excerpt.
Prophets of Culture: “Who’s Your Daddy:” Our Creeping Cultural Crisis
Prophets of Culture: “Who’s Your Daddy:” Our Creeping Cultural Crisis
So ... what does this have to do with the ol redneck culture? Plenty.
The roots of this crisis do not go back to Africa, but to the old South. Few of us remember this, but at at one time, the dominant influence in the old South was a chaotic culture that came from pre-18th Century regions of the British Isles, namely, 1) the Scottish highlands, 2) the midlands the anarchic region between England and Scotland and 3) what is now Northern Ireland. Before the formation of the United Kingdom, these regions were unstable, lawless, violent and uncontrollable. Most southern Whites can trace their roots back to these regions.
They arrived in the American South with this chaotic culture in tow, and the result was the ol southern redneck culture. The values of this culture produced self-sabotaging, self-destructive behavior patterns, including: drunkenness, gang formation, talkin trash, a scornful attitude toward education and boisterous exhibitionism, to name a few. These rednecks spent their energies on useless bling; wealth was used primarily conspicuous consumption and reckless pursuits of pleasure and excitement. 1
A cavalier attitude toward marriage and family was a major component of the ol redneck culture, and instant sexual gratification led to single moms and fatherless children becoming the rule, rather than the exception. When Africans arrived in chains, having been stripped of their native culture, many ended up absorbing much of this ol redneck culture. This partly explains the plantation phenomenon of the stud that sired children but never fathered them. Of course, many slaves never fully absorbed this chaotic culture. As a result they continued to value marriage and family in spite of the hostile cultural and economic forces that surrounded them. 2
After emancipation, many African Americans who were devastated by the ol redneck culture eventually rose above it. They became what I call achievers. The values that governed their lives included: valuing work as a means of getting ahead, delayed gratification for the sake of a better future and goal orientation involving planning. Those who participated in the great northern migration generally succeeded in spite of racial discrimination in housing and employment. However those who continued to wallow in the ol redneck culture became what I call non-achievers. Unlike the achievers, they generally did not succeed when they migrated to the urban North. Thus, for many non-achievers, the ol redneck culture morphed into what we now recognize as ghetto culture. The values that governed their lives included devaluing work as a means of getting ahead, instant gratification with a disregard for the future, and crisis orientation with no planning.