One more remark regarding the British working class: from what I infer from reading and observation from growing up in ex-Brit-Crown Colonies, the working class of his time was far more accepting of black and brown people than the ruling and middle classes; Moulton's remarks about black American soldiers bears this out. Also, to carry this tangent farther: racialist prejudice against dark skins was somewhat late among the British, AFAICT: 19th century, and even later 19th century, supported by the new Darwinist ideologies. Othello was written by a Brit, and you read about and see colored people of various sorts in 18th century popular media in surprisingly everyday roles -- Hogarth, for example. Not perfect equality, but certainly not the savage hatred and fear and contempt of the US South.
Patrick "part brown myself" Moore On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 12:52 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://davesbikeblog.squarespace.com > > I don't usually look to craftsmen, however talented, for ethical or > philosophical insights, but Dave Moulton makes some very basic good points. > Moulton is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, and his syntax and > punctuation are iffy, but he has on his side both age and an upbringing in > a relative poverty that perforce enforces a certain realism that > counteracts ideological extravagance -- you don't become an anarchist if > you are busy working hard to support your family. > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguUt_GWcYaSYxXibhoH8erPxOaaQjHsxhHZCvBrdAjYpw%40mail.gmail.com.
