tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post2422384060930916630..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: What lurks beyond the bagel shopPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-32048768634422336112014-07-08T13:47:13.014-04:002014-07-08T13:47:13.014-04:00Once upon a time (still?), Princeton University wa...Once upon a time (still?), Princeton University was known as the "northernmost Southern college." Lawrenceville, NJ is lots closer to the old Confederacy than prep schools in Massachusets, Connecticut, etc. JMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-24578635891464115352014-07-06T10:06:44.803-04:002014-07-06T10:06:44.803-04:00I guess I'm out of touch with northeast prep s...I guess I'm out of touch with northeast prep school kids. That's wild. In the midwest, where I grew up, there was no way rich kids would fly confederate flags. That's only done by poor kids.abrahamandsarahhttp://abrahamandsarah.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-30350630693700706512014-07-05T21:38:57.267-04:002014-07-05T21:38:57.267-04:00FWIW, in my past, I've ended up on a couple of...FWIW, in my past, I've ended up on a couple of trips to 'exclusive' boarding schools in the Northeast, (north of NJ), and yup, Confederate flags.<br /><br />Also FWIW, it wasn't Southern transplants. It was Northerners who liked the connotations. A minority to be sure, but they're there. And the Venn diagram between them and lacrosse players is likely not without significant overlap.<br /><br />But let's not miss the <b>real</b> point here. We should boycott those who want to boycott Confederate flag flying prep school boys. That's what's really important here.Peteynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-24136068428509596882014-07-05T16:50:16.715-04:002014-07-05T16:50:16.715-04:00What Glove Slap said. It's an elite boarding s...What Glove Slap said. It's an elite boarding school, one not that far from the South, so there's no reason to assume the students are from in-state. That, and this part of NJ isn't all that northern, culturally. At least that's what they say. I've never been to the relevant parts of the South, so what do I know, but apparently there's some overlap between this preppiness and Southern preppiness. But even in NYC, there were kids at preppy schools who spent vacations in (all-?) white rich vacation communities in the South. Also, this student's wasn't the only account I saw of the school having those flags in its dorm rooms. Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-34112575664029405812014-07-04T23:32:21.405-04:002014-07-04T23:32:21.405-04:00Guys, why would you assume that all the students a...Guys, why would you assume that all the students at Lawrenceville are native to the north, just because the school is in the north?<br /><br />I can tell you from experience, having been born and raised in Atlanta, GA that confederate flag-flying is not limited to those southern whites of low socioeconomic status. It is a perfectly normal thing for middle and upper class southerners to do, and quite preppy. I even had one mixed-race high school classmate (one black parent) who wore a t-shirt with the confederate flag on it because his (white) clique had these shirts printed up and they all wore them. I absolutely believe that plenty of students at the most expensive high school in America display confederate flags.<br /><br />(And having known many of these people and experienced no overt racism or antagonism from them (I'm black), I can tell you they truly, honestly, can't or won't understand our objection to their precious flag-- but that's another topic.)<br /><br />Let's not even get into the possibility that some of the confederate flag-fliers are foreign students who don't understand the flag's connotations and simply associate it with "America" and "rock n roll"-- because I've run across a handful of those as well and it is conceivable that some of those may attend an expensive American boarding school and fit into American preppy culture like a hand in glove.Glove Slaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16875540891770525708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-80421258154107075212014-07-03T12:03:41.420-04:002014-07-03T12:03:41.420-04:00Were there pictures of the confederate flags? I...Were there pictures of the confederate flags? I'm not shocked that some of the students at her school could be racist, but wealthy kids in the north don't fly confederate flags. They look down on and mock the sorts of poor white people who do.<br /><br />It doesn't make sense.abrahamandsarahhttp://abrahamandsarah.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-7853425657062032632014-07-02T20:01:21.956-04:002014-07-02T20:01:21.956-04:00Let's see...the girl's black, gay, rich, a...Let's see...the girl's black, gay, rich, and popular. I'm not too worried about her. <br /><br />Confederate flags in New Jersey, huh?caryatisnoreply@blogger.com