Photographer E.A. “Ed” Kennedy III, who is originally from New Orleans, is amazed at how little appreciation Philadelphia seems to have for the Mummers.
“We’re tolerating them, we’re putting up with them,” he said. “There is really an antipathy toward white, working-class culture in the United States.”
Kennedy, who is African-American, added, “If these guys had been black, there would have been four or five books like this.”
The Mummers are apparently finally getting the respect they deserve, after being held down by the black man for so long. Finally, a win for the white man. Um.
Inside the Mummers [Daily News]
[Photo by andrea2382, CC license]
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