re: Charles Barkley: ‘Unintelligent’ Blacks ‘Brainwashed’ to reject success

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unny, though, because just a small handful of generations ago, roughly similar attitudes were common among Southern whites, especially lower-middle class Southern whites. The expression "puttin' on airs" probably captures it best. H

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Wouldn't that be a case of someone representing themselves as something they are not? Wilson is not "putting on airs", he is just being himself......it's his team mate who has the problem that Wilson is not the "type" of person he "wants" him to be..