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This contradicts with my experience growing up in WV. The last time I went back there (5 years ago) I still saw the same confederate flags and n-words being thr
by wildrhythms 5y ago
This contradicts with my experience growing up in WV. The last time I went back there (5 years ago) I still saw the same confederate flags and n-words being thrown around casually. The reality is that 'the south', like anywhere, has pockets of diversity and acceptance; but your stereotype of universal 'southern hospitality' is not in line with my experience at all.
- twofornone 5y agoThe reality is that the confederate flag only represents racism to the side that doesn't wave them. The reality is that it's possible to "throw around the n-word" and still have respect for black friends. The reality that we are forbidden from acknowledging is that those rallying the hardest against racism don't actually understand racism. Its not binary.
- rayiner 5y agoAppalachia is very different than the rest of the south, much less rural areas in other parts of the country. It was populated by Scots-Irish herders, versus say German farmers in the rural midwest. Appalachian culture is extremely insular, even with respect to other white people. I once had a conversation with a (white) guy who had married into a family in Appalachian Kentucky. Folks in town regarded him as an outsider even after a decade of living there.