>>>> Hummm..I haven't heard that in North Carolina, but I lived in >>>> Raymondville, Missouri for 6 weeks and freaked when I heard the N word >>>> a number of times.
Exactly. You'll also frequently hear the N-word in rap songs and in the subways of NYC. And what about Nazi Germany? KY doesn't exactly have a monopoly on racism. What about the OK City bombings? That guy - what was his name? - he was a white supremacist. And on the other extreme, you'll find liberal, educated men and woman who happen to be from rural parts of the south. Where the heck do you think liberals Al Gore and John Edwards are from? Are they the stereotypical southern bigots? I don't think so! Best to judge people for what they are, not for where they are from. For what it's worth, it's just as insulting to me to hear negative and unfair stereotypes about rural southerners as it may be to others to hear negative stererotypes applied to other ethnic groups. I'm from a LONG line of southerners...born and raised in the rural south, in an area that up until 20-30 years ago was a lot like Anneliese's part of KY...and I was raised not to use the N-word. Karen Thomas, NC
