Who am I?

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• Who am I?
• Lee Bryan, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
• Why am I here?
• Rex and Rosemary
• What am I going to talk about?
• America as I know it. Mostly the American
  South!

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Alabama New Orleans, Louisiana Places I
have lived Wichita, Kansas Chicago,
Illinois Atlanta, Georgia
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ALABAMA

• Sweet Home, Alabama!
• Montgomery, Capital of the Confederacy
• Dixieland! Land of Cotton. Old times there are
  not forgotten.
• Cotton, Peanuts, Soy Beans
• George Wallace, Rednecks, and the KKK
• The Civil Rights Movement

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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

• A city below sea level at
• the mouth of the mighty
• Mississippi River

• Mardi Gras!
• The French Quarter! French Creole influence.
• Cajun people, Cajun food filé gumbo, jambalaya,
  Éttoufé, red beans and rice

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WICHITA, KANSAS

• The Wizard of OzToto, Ive got a feeling were
  not in Kansas anymore.
• Smallville (Superman)
• Heart of the Midwest,
• Geographical center of
• the Country
• Flat, wheat fields as far
• as the eye can see

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

• On the shores of
• Lake Michigan
• The Windy City
• Snow and Cold
• Americas 4th largest
• city
• Big, Midwestern City with 80 of the benefits of
  NYC, but only 20 of the problems!
• Oprah!

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA

• Population over 4 million
• Gone with the Wind
• CNN Headquarters
• Coca-Cola Headquarters
• Delta Airlines
• The 1996 Summer Olympic Games
• Martin Luther King, Jr., President Jimmy Carter

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THE SOUTH

• How our political history is similar to whats
  going on in South Africa today.
• Things that make us unique.

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Our history of racial struggles

• The Civil War (The War of Northern Aggression),
  1861-1865
• Reconstruction
• Governor George Wallace on the steps of the
  University of Alabama, barring the first black
  student.
• Segregation now, segregation forever.
• Church bombings, Hoses for riot control in
  Birmingham.
• The Civil Rights Act, 1965
• Affirmative Action

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Things that make the South unique

• Food Grits, boiled peanuts, Barbeque
• Drinks Sweet Ice Tea, A Mint Julep, Jack
  Daniels, Southern Comfort
• Sports Football, NASCAR racing, deer hunting,
  fishing, beaches
• Hot weather, Magnolia trees, Azalea bushes,
  Dogwood trees, Kudzu, Palmetto trees

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Football!!!Its not a matter of life and death
its much more important than that.
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As many as 10,000 people gather 2 hours before a
game to witness the teams arrival at the stadium
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Marching bands and Cheerleaders get the crowd
going
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87,000 people going crazy
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Even little old ladies are passionate about their
football
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HurricanesThe price you pay for living in
paradise.
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September 16, 2004, 3am local time.Hurricane
Ivan.The view from space.
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The Day After
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In ConclusionContrast between life back home
and life in South Africa

• Similarities
• A lot of similarities! Youre not Third World

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• Differences
• Everyones obsession with crime (for good reason)
• The working classes and being waited on (cheap
  labor)

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Thank you South Africa!