When we moved to Virginia (from various yankee lands) we were fascinated by the reminders everywhere. From the store "Winn Dixie" to the Jefferson Davis Highway. In '85, Grandpa came to visit from Clifton, NJ and as we were heading somewhere or another, spotted a large sign at the entrance to one of the civil war battlefields. It was letting everyone know there was a KKK meeting going on there that day.
Then again, when I was in Appleton Wisconsin I went to a restaurant for dinner and the waiter remarked on my accent. Upon confirming that yes, I'd just come that way from Tennessee, he shocked me by saying something that would NEVER be said to a stranger in the south. He said to me "well, you southerners had one thing right, some races just do better as slaves."
I never was so horrified in my life. Quite the reminder that it's not all Southern.
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Then again, when I was in Appleton Wisconsin I went to a restaurant for dinner and the waiter remarked on my accent. Upon confirming that yes, I'd just come that way from Tennessee, he shocked me by saying something that would NEVER be said to a stranger in the south. He said to me "well, you southerners had one thing right, some races just do better as slaves."
I never was so horrified in my life. Quite the reminder that it's not all Southern.