John Shelton
John Shelton
groups
Southerners are also like ethnic groups in that they have a sense of group identity.
barbecue closest hundred miles southern wines
Southern barbecue is the closest thing we have in the U.S. to Europe's wines or cheeses; drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes.
potential
We have the potential for some big problems, but we think right now it's just potential.
call children feet house neighbor owner run secure until water
We had a call from a neighbor that he had to run children out of the house and that there is 3-4 feet of water in the basement. Can't something be done to secure the place until the owner can be found?
southern historical records
Any Southern nationalist movement, especially one that wraps itself in the Confederate flag, is going to be viewed with suspicion, given the historical record.
north-carolina barbecue rail
Barbecue is the third rail of North Carolina politics.
barbecue hundred miles
Drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes.
nice successful thinking
I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he's also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him.
southern looks stereotype
The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern?