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The people of St. Johns would be surprised..., 7. Juni 2000
The people who live in the St. Johns district of Portland,Oregon, (about 50 miles from here) would be surprised to know thatthey live in a place described as "redneck, blue-collar, white trash. Low rent. Low class. Lowlife. Truckers, welders, meth dealers, pit bulls, rotted picket fences. An old, faded-pea-soup-colored suspension bridge spans the Willamette River over to Forest Park's sinsemilla-green hills." A little harsh... All of this is in the chapter titled "White niggers have feelings, too", which is fairly typical of the book. The author is a self-proclaimed "redneck"; a veritable champion of rednecks. A hater of those who attack the working class with slurs like, "gap-toothed, inbred, uncivilized, violent, and hopelessly DUMB." Now, who does that? ...I am a self-proclaimed redneck--and yet, for humor, I run "redneck jokes" fairly regularly. Jeff Foxworthy is notorious for the same thing, and apparently he has an intimate acquaintance with the people from whom he gets his material. I don't hate the working class. I love them. Apparently Mr. Good sees a vast injustice being done to the people with whom he identifies, while Foxworthy and I see humor. The dust jacket proclaims that he has an "unmatched ability for rubbing salt in cultural wounds." If you are angry, and feel victimized, and want to read a book that fans your anger and provides justification for your feelings, this may be your book. It is well-written, and Jim Goad certainly has a viewpoint. If, on the other hand, you have learned to laugh at the incongruous frustrations that we all encounter while we make the best of the hand we have been dealt in life, maybe you'll be better off to take a pass on this one. It is the complaint of a very angry young man. Joseph Pierre
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