“Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than the Confederate past. It's something that's open to both races, a variety of ethnic groups and people who move here.” PeopleYearsPastMovingRaceGroupsIdentityVarietyMannersSouthernAccentsYankeesBrainwashingBrainwashedConfederateEthnic GroupsBrainwashYankee Fans Author:John Shelton Reed
“No one would stand for it [being the fool in the media] in a minute if you took any other group -Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, women - but somehow it's okay to do that with hillbillies.” IfsGroupsMinutesMediaFoolOkayAfrican AmericanNativeNative American Author:John Shelton Reed
