They don't see themselves or their culture in the mainstream media. Their accents mark them as dim and unserious. The region is the poorest.
The psychological reason Southerners have pride is the same reason that queer folks have pride: they're a dismissed and despised out group.
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(Working on an upcoming piece on stealth trans men in the South so I'm trying my hand at thinking thoughts about the Southern US)
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