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From: "richardson" <>
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Re: Malengine
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 17:29:06 -0500
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We have this going on today...where people are wearing clothes that are
associated with groups or cultures that are not necessarily to the dress
with which they are accustomed...they just want to fit in....we find this
more in our young people...all we have to do is go to the beach on a weekend
when they have a "Battle of the Bands". It is hard to pick out the
"doctors" from the "as we called them in the sixties" Hippies.

There are the young people who like "vintage clothing"...they pay more for
them now than we did when they were new in the 70's or 80's.

We have those who still want to look like "Dead Heads", Hip Hop, Cajun,
Reggae...it just goes on and on.

It still appears that "all" still like crazy hats and crazy sun glasses,
regardless of the attire. ;-)

They are just all having a good time...it doesn't matter how they dress, as
long as they are "covered". Maybe back then, they were beginning to break
out of a "mold". ;-)

Eleanor
----- Original Message -----
From: <>
Subject: [Melungeon] Re: Malengine


> In a message dated 3/7/03 3:26:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> writes:
>
>
> > I can give you hundreds of reasons why and how the word was introduced
in=
> > to=20
> > the area. There were whites dressing up as Indians, there were
Indians=20
> > dressing up as whites and there were Indian/White passing as both. They
w=
> > ere=20
> > deceitful. They used trickery. They were cunning.=20
> >
> > I would like some of these examples please? Were the Melungeons the ONLY
> folks doing this? I mean if the whites were dressing up as Indians, they
> weren't Melungeons so if everyone was doing it why is it a Melungeon
thang?
> Nancy
>


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