Did you know that the archives of Ulysses S. Grant are housed at a public university in Mississippi? That when I attended a music festival outside of Chicago in 2002, I was asked if people in Mississippi wear shoes? That I bore witness to more open racism in 2 hours in Iowa than I have in 27 years in the South?
I'm not saying that the South is pure as the driven snow, not even the gray slush piled against the curb. I'm just tired of people pissing on it.
In other news, come back Wednesday for words from Mark Terry!
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Thank you. THANK YOU. Being informed that I am racist, because I'm from Alabama, by someone who states that they don't like the black people (but aren't racist because they're not from Alabama?), has grown tiresome.
I have always had indoor plumbing. I was not the first person in my family to attend college. Said college was not a technical school.
Hating on people for where they're from is prejudiced- prejudging based on opinions already acquired. Prejudice is a normal pitfall of humanity but I would love it if people would please keep their prejudice in check long enough to evaluate an individual. That applies to race, gender, sexual orientation, AND geography.
Yeah, it gets really irksome, doesn't it?
Laurel & Loren -
Phew. I think I'm better, now that I got that out. I'm not what you'd call a rabid Southerner, but I got fed up with ppl dumping on us.
I know that the history of this region is a creaking horror of ignorance, senselessness and racial atrocities. But I submit that the entirety of 'civilization' is ugly beneath its skin.
I like you southerners. A lot. In fact, some days, I wish I were a southern girl. So some of us say nice things about you behind your backs too, just so you know!!
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