“Rural Appalachians have long bristled at the way outsiders have portrayed them, replacing their complicated reality with stereotypes about poor and ignorant mountain people.”
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*Continues to perpetuate the stereotype with 90% of the article* https://twitter.com/ap/status/1311659899840069632">https://twitter.com/ap/status...
(1/?)So why would you not preface the article with this acknowledgment?
Why would you lead with these exact stereotypes and only briefly mention the positive aspects of Appalachia later on?
While I would be foolish to say there’s not issues of poverty and drug addiction in...
Why would you lead with these exact stereotypes and only briefly mention the positive aspects of Appalachia later on?
While I would be foolish to say there’s not issues of poverty and drug addiction in...
(2/?) The region, you’re continuing the longstanding tradition of the press coming in and finding the most extreme cases of destitution and focusing on that for most of the article.
I appreciate that you at least slightly acknowledged that Appalachia is more than these issues..
I appreciate that you at least slightly acknowledged that Appalachia is more than these issues..
(3/?) but you did so long after reinforcing those stereotypes.
For once I think the people of the region would like a story about them to begin with something other than depictions of extreme poverty, ignorance and drug abuse.
For once I think the people of the region would like a story about them to begin with something other than depictions of extreme poverty, ignorance and drug abuse.