"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in
news:fIvCf.13820$Dh.8038@dukeread04:

The people I really feel for are the poor black folks out on the
barrier islands. They have owned their land for generations but their
property taxes have gone up to the point that they are being forced to
sell to the developers.


Don't feel too sorry for them. I fix the organs at their churches.
They're not the stupid people of yesteryear, any more. Many of them, the
smartest of the group, own major interests in those developments on the
more popular islands, like Hilton Head, SC. They live in very nice homes,
drive the finest Mercedes cars and send their children to the best schools,
now. Those Yankees aren't near as smart as they think they are...(c;

Oh, by the way, the AME church pastor's house is a little shack on Sea
Pines Plantation, on the golf course....

The real shame of it all is they lost their roots in the process. Any of
them that are involved with these bigshot deals lost their Gullah language
and the wonderful folklore that goes with it. Stop by some time and I'll
take you out to meet the REAL Gullah people of Coastal SC. I'll drop you
off out on outer Wadmalaw Island where English isn't spoken and we'll see
if you can find your way back to Charleston from the directions given you
in Gullah...(c;

If you ever get invited to an AME church dinner...you ARE in for a treat
that'll put some fat on those bones...