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[Ann Markle]

My mother used to say that yes, the Kennedys were Irish, but they were
"lace curtain Irish" (as opposed to "shantytown Irish" -- talk about bias
within bias!).  But she always said that Joe Kennedy was a bootlegger (of
liquor), and that made him somehow beyond the pale, though I also believe
that she (yes, my saintly mother) spent a certain amount of time in
speakeasies as a young flapper-type.  Hey, I never claimed my beloved mom
wasn't a bit of a hypocrite.  But there would have been hell to pay if I
had ever realized/suggested it out loud!  Keep in mind that my grandmother
(her mother) was a DAR, so she carried all that baggage.  And also English,
"all the way back."  The Markles were a little crossed over -- English with
Dutch -- but the Beaches (my mother's people) -- English forever and only.

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Allen, that is a huge shock to me! No, I'm serious. I'm always
> surprised--and disappointed--at the many ways in which ethnic biases of all
> kinds survive and surface. When I think of the Kennedys, Irish isn't the
> first thing I think of.
>
> > On Apr 17, 2015, at 2:24 AM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > They're not Yankees, they're  Irish.
>