My main point seems to have gotten lost: When people refer disparagingly to "Southerners," or "the southern population," or even "the good folks in the South," they're almost invariably forgetting that their generalizations apply primarily to *white* Southerners. A significant percentage of the southern population is Black, or Native, or otherwise not white. So I suggest including "white" before "Southerner" when that is the case.
I tend to agree -- it's the southern *white* population, and some of them are actually pretty cool. Joyce Vance and Doug Jones for instance.
Joyce, fortunately, had the benefit of being raised in Southern California before going to Alabama.
See my response above.
My main point seems to have gotten lost: When people refer disparagingly to "Southerners," or "the southern population," or even "the good folks in the South," they're almost invariably forgetting that their generalizations apply primarily to *white* Southerners. A significant percentage of the southern population is Black, or Native, or otherwise not white. So I suggest including "white" before "Southerner" when that is the case.
Good points. Filed for future reference.