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The Deep Roots of White Trash: A Review by Kate Tuttle
"Americans like the rhetoric of equality but they don’t like it when it’s real." Nancy Isenberg’s book “White Trash” begins by looking at the characters in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Both the book and the movie play with the divide between … Continue reading
Why Cockfighting Persists
From Salon, by Deborah Kennedy: I was 6 years old when I saw my first cockfight. It must have been a gray day, because even though I was very young, I remember clearly the bright color of the roosters’ feathers … Continue reading