what does it mean?

[cos]

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This weekend, I saw a bumper sticker that said,
Straight, White, English-Speaking
Proud American
For a moment, I was offended ... then I started thinking of several different possible intentions, meanings, and contexts for this slogan. After a bit of confusion, I settled on curiosity. What does it mean? What did the people who sold it intend for it to convey, and what did the person who put it on their car intend to say by it? I can think of several different possibilities or nuances, and maybe there are more.

So tell me, what do you read in this bumper sticker slogan? And if, like me, you see several possibilities, which one came first, before you thought about it?

Comments

[lachesis.livejournal.com]

firstly; Hi! :) I'm sort of surprised you remembered my LJ name (tho I use it on pretty much every email list as well, sooooo....)

Secondly, I read the bumper sticker thing and thought "hmm. sounds like my father."

My father (since you dont know) came to this country from England "two weeks before the Beatles" (as we're likely to say), in his early-mid 20s, enlisted and fought in Vietnam, became a citizen of the U.S. along with his mother, worked his way up to (and then left) a major telecom company position to start a company of his own, and has been the 'typical' upper-middle class person ever since. Therefore, he fits all the categories. :)

But I doubt he'd put a bumper sticker on his car; so at least I know it wasnt HIM that you saw! :)