1. Blood Is Thicker Than Water: Two Tales From Melting Pot Boils Over.
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Athens, Lonnie
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ETHNOCENTRISM , *PREJUDICES , *RACISM , *GREEKS , *IMMIGRANTS , *NATIVISM , *CULTURAL relativism , *ETHNOLOGY , *MULTICULTURAL education - Abstract
Pop, the Greek-immigrant owner of the Manchester Café, fires his counterman, ‘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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2007
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