Condescending speech she gave to those Africans?
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jsagotsky-1 — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 11:12 AM)
If you read Rudyard Kipling, he wrote about the "white man's burden" The Brits had an Empire across the whole world and they thought they were better than everyone, certainly everyone of different colors. It was their burden to colonize, for the good of the people that they came in and dominated.
They also deeply believed that the aristocracy was superior to "commoners". Thinks about that term to describe fellow Brits. The word class means they thought people with proper breeding, were better than everyone else.
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cdz6969 — 9 years ago(January 18, 2017 11:05 AM)
America has broken down class barriers. There was never an aristocracy here. But I believe in Europe there was a strong belief that well bred people were superior to everyone else.
Thus, those commoners came to the "New World". What was it, like 50% of Italy and Ireland's immigrated to the US between 1850 and 1920?
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Theshornwonder — 9 years ago(January 25, 2017 01:11 PM)
I'm sorry, you think there is no aristocracy in America? Or do you mean that formally? Certainly there is no formal aristocracy, but from the days of the Revolution with Adams, Jefferson, Washington through the Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt days to the Roosevelts, Kennedys and Bushes there has always been an unofficial American aristocracy. I won't include Trump in that, because one, his wealth is far to new, and second, because the actual aristocracy thinks he's a joke. He'll be impeached in two years and his brand in tatters. But licensing your name to vodka and tie makers isn't really the same as what those other families represent.
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CheruthCutestoryII — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 08:48 PM)
LOL British gonna British.
I thought they did contrast it well with her being more respectful of their culture (like the crown not a hat) than Phillip and how generally friendly they both were with everyone there.
Most people thought I was a hero for killing Lydia's parrot.