RE: Re: The United States in Full Thrust
From: "Eli Arndt" <emu2020@w...>
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 19:22:09 -0700
Subject: RE: Re: The United States in Full Thrust
White population? Um, correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't that include
both the Spanish and French population (And I will whack anyone who
doesn't know the difference between a Spaniard and a Mexican).
Eli
>You know, I was just thinking about the deep south. They were French,
not
>British, and pretty damn proud of the fact also. Louisiana even has
it's
>state criminal code based on Napoleonic Law, not British Common Law.
Wasn't
>California and some of the rest of the southwestern states Spanish
before
>it was American? Not talked much about among the white population...
<g>
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