Yankee and Zulu are the last pair of conceptual international flag partners. They align as tribal people-groups. Yankees are considered to be a certain group of North Americans, while Zulus are a certain group of people in South Africa. Both labels refer to fierce warrior groups.
Yankee was originally an negative stereotype for low born American colonists who were acted above their station. They were the first upwardly mobile class of peoples, the first yuppies so to speak. In fact people who rise above their class to a well-to-do are known as yuppies. However people who fall from out of the rat race are known as hippies or beat nicks, a kind of downwardly mobile folk. But getting back to Yankees, this was originally applies to the freemen of the 13 English colonies.
Later it became a regional pejorative for Americans from the Northern states who supported the outcome of the fair and legal election of 1860 and were charged with putting down the army that attacked a US military base in South Carolina on 4/15.
Currently within the USA, Yankee is associated with people a professional baseball team, the NY Yankees, who go through stages of Winning, Winning, Winning every so often. But outside of the USA to the dismay of Southerners, all US Citizens are referred to as Yankees. Perhaps a remedy would is to have Montgomery Alabama host a baseball team called the Rebels. How does it sound: the Mobile Rebels. Thus when they play a game against the NY Yankees, we can all watch the Rebs and Yanks swing it out.
Instead of the baseball bat and glove, the Zulu has a spear and shield. In a way the baseball bat is like weapon of offense while the glove is like a weapon of defense. This analogy works for cricket as well.
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