polazarus
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Tue Mar-30-04 11:21 AM
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That the term hillbilly is demeaning to a certain group of Americans. The Correct term to refer to them are Appalachian Americans. What do you think?
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meegbear
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Tue Mar-30-04 11:21 AM
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1. I thought it was "Sons of the Soil"? |
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Tue Mar-30-04 11:23 AM
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2. Um, not everyone who lives in Appalachia....... |
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is a hillbilly. And not all hillbillies, live in Appalachia.
So, no. I don't think it's a correct use of the term.
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Tue Mar-30-04 11:28 AM
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4. Not all African Americans... |
polazarus
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Tue Mar-30-04 11:43 AM
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That girl that played the leading role In "Monster" is from South Africa, so she is an African American. (If she is now a citizen of the US)
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polazarus
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Tue Mar-30-04 11:38 AM
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What could I use? Mountain Men, Blue Ridge dwellers? Anyway I am just kidding.
Do any of you remember the Sesame Street skit with "There's a hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, Dear Liza." I loved that. It was funny.
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Tue Mar-30-04 12:07 PM
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I liked it as well. Still do! :)
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Tue Mar-30-04 11:24 AM
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Tue Mar-30-04 11:30 AM
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5. What about those from the Ozarks? Are the Ozarks Appalachian? |
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I actually do believe that the rural poor are unjustly mocked in American culture. My daughter watches a show on Nickelodeon that features "A Hillbilly Moment" that perpetuates the stereotype of rural Southerners as toothless morons. Should kids be laughing at poverty? Isn't that what such "satire" mocks? Or is it mocking the stereotype? (I don't think so.)
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polazarus
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Tue Mar-30-04 11:57 AM
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I grew up poor in the south in the Foothills of the Appalachian mountains I tend to look back on that with a sense of humor. We joke about the car we had to ride to school in with no floorboard in the back. And yes I used the hole to spit my chewing tobacco out.
I am white, but I look up to MLK for his sermons, speeches and essays. People like him don't come around too often. If you get a chance, look up the MLK project from Stanford.
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Tue Mar-30-04 12:04 PM
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14. It's one thing to laugh at one's own poverty, another to laugh at others |
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because of their poverty. Know what I mean?
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Tue Mar-30-04 11:31 AM
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6. Nope. They'll always be known as hillbillies to me. |
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Tue Mar-30-04 11:32 AM
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7. I was going to say this was crazy |
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But meybe you'd prefer "sanity challenged".
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Tue Mar-30-04 11:37 AM
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8. How about . Genetically Intermixed Occupants of Unincorporated Townships? |
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Tue Mar-30-04 11:44 AM
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Tue Mar-30-04 11:54 AM
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and I do not consider the term demeaning at all. In fact, I think most mountain people, at least in the area where I'm from, are not offended by the word.
If you don't like hillbilly, just call us Americans. Or human beings.
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Tue Mar-30-04 12:06 PM
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15. "The folks up in the hills" |
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I've heard that one used by some friends from the Virginia panhandle. Its a little wordy, but they tend to be.
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Tue Mar-30-04 02:02 PM
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17. I'm a hillbilly by marriage |
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