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Blood Is Thicker Than Water

Two Tales From Melting Pot Boils Over

Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey

Pop, the Greek-immigrant owner of the Manchester Café, fires his counter-man, "Pete the Greek," for getting into too many altercations with customers. To appease some of his long-time patrons, Pop, then, decides to hire Linwood Lots, a local native, as Pete's replacement. Pete and Irene, Pop's daughter, get married and, later, have a son, Pop's first grandchild. After catching Linwood drinking wine filched from the café's wine stock, Pop fires Linwood and immediately rehires Pete. Pop's action ignites a bitter rivalry between Linwood and Pete that is charged with ethnic hatred.

Key Words: ethnic prejudice • ethnocentrism • Greek immigrants • Black Southerners • White Southerners

Qualitative Inquiry, Vol. 13, No. 6, 844-870 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1077800407304418


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