Every Time I Look At

If You Care To Define The South As A Poor, Rural Region With Lousy Race Relations, That South Survives Only In Geographical Shreds And Patches And Most Southerners Don't Live There Any More.

The Nature Of The South Is Changing Faster Than The Stereotypes Are. Much Of The South Now Looks Like San Jose. Is It Still Southern?

Any Southern Nationalist Movement, Especially One That Wraps Itself In The Confederate Flag, Is Going To Be Viewed With Suspicion, Given The Historical Record.

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.

Country Music Historically Has Been Sort Of Middle-aged People's Music.