@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:
Foofie wrote:O.K. English, spoken by early 20th century New Yorkers, whose parents usually spoke Yiddish, might have only began "questions" with "so," not "answers."
This is what you wrote, Einstein, and it's glaringly obvious that to you, only the Jews matter. In 1900, Jews were less than 20% of the population of New York, and yet you write as though there were no other people in New York than Jews. That's because you can't get your head out of your bigot's ass.
The lingering effect of Jews in New York really was disproportionate to their numbers; however, in the 1950's one out of four New Yorkers were Jewish, and one out of three New Yorkers were Irish or of Irish descent.
Even today, public schools close on the main Jewish holiday in September (Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur). People do know that much of Manhattan real estate reflects Jewish realtors. The reality is that Jews in New York may have left the city proper to live, but their economic impact still remains.
Now, let's compare that to the Irish. They were not entrepreneurial in the Jewish or Italian manner. A majority were happy to have a steady income, especially a civil service job, as I have been told by Irish New Yorkers. So, when they left en masse in the early 1960's, their economic footprint left with them. In my opinion, the Catholic Church still has a voice in New York politics, and that voice might still have a bit of the brogue, if you get my drift.
I am talking sociology, not anything else.
Please don't refer to me as Einstein, since it is more than being fascetious about my intelligence; you are calling me a German Jew. Many Jews of Eastern European descent avoid German Jews. They sometimes have the myopia to think of themselves as German. Other Jews might find that beyond foolish.
By the way, being my age, I have known more than one (aka, "many") New York Irish that "acted" in a manner that only Irish "matter" in NYC. Well, in their day, they did matter, in the sense that they kept the subways, busses, sanitation, sewers, firehouses, all working efficiently. But, being a capitalistic city, when they left, their import went with them, in my opinion.
Have a pleasant day.
P.S. As you might have discerned from other threads, in my opinion, WASPs are the final arbiters as to who matters in the US. If anyone matters at all, it is/has been at their largesse. That is the reality, in my opinion. I am quite comfortable with it. I am not sure other demographics are, since there are demographics in the US that profess a humble faith, but exude a degree of ethnic hubris on occasion. Not I; I am the zenith of humility.
