Do you live in the south, Have you ever been stereotyped ?

I am from Chicago originally, but grew up in the South. So if you wanna talk about stereotypes I have heard it from both ends of the pole. For example, in the south everyone thinks anyone from up North is stuck up. And I have had numerous people tell me this as I was growing up. But a little tid bit for you. Up north you cannot be friendly to everyone, because you never know what you are going to get in response. Unlike in the South where a "hello" is a friendly gesture. And up North people's lives move much faster paced. And an example for the the South. When I was in college and I got a new roommate the only thing she knew about me was my first and last name and that I was from KY. Well, my name is quite common among the African American ethinicity (both first and last) and she figured being from the south that I was African American. And on move in day she told me this story almost as a sign of relief when she saw that I was caucasin. And then she started asking about wearing shoes on other days of the week besides Sunday.... Either way my lesson from all of these experiences and I have had plenty is that you just have to go with it. You can learn a lot about a person when they show you these tidbits of their personality and you then choose what it is you will allow in your life that way. Plus, have they ever walked in your "Sunday" shoes? Most likely not.

i was raised in wva when i was little but i dont remember any stereotypes. i just remember the american indians were jealous of white race. most black people were on welfare. and other ethnic races were more intellectual. then when i moved to california, i met 2 aryan germans with red hair who tell people they are irish because they are very jealous of the irish race. i have met all kinds of crazy people in my lifetime.

I have lived in the south for a few years, and the only stereotype that I experienced was being a "dern yankie" which I am told the difference between a yankie and a dern yankie is that a dern yankie doesn't leave.

Hi,well I live in the United kingdom,but we have a north south thing here too!..Peoples ideas of life in the north versus life in the south is different ,when in actual fact theres no diffrence!!Ive lived in both the north and the south and find both areas just about the same!

Yeah, i catch a lot of stereotypes living in south carolina... since im black everyone assumes im a gangster and walk around my city with a pistol or something. And since i date a white girl( a very pretty one) i have it a little worse. but the looks strangers give me are growing on me.

I actually just moved to the South and I know exactly what you are talking about. Before moving here, when I would mention it to someone they would automatically assume some sort of redneck or hillbilly type thing and make comments. Although it doesn't bother me because it's purely opinion but after being in the South I do see how the stereotyping is not only apart of northerners but southerners as well. Because people in the south automatically assume things as well about people from the North, West, and East!

I was born, raised, and still live in North Georgia, and yes, we are all called "hicks" and "rednecks." I consider myself "Southern," which is my opinion is different. "Southern" is just referring to what part of the country I live in. "Redneck" refers to the way someone talks, acts, dresses, etc. I have some "rednecks" in my family, but I am not one myself, and there are others in my family that are not "redneck" either. A lot of people see my city as a "poor redneck town." When our high school's football team plays our rival (the city beside ours), it's known as the "rednecks vs. the preps". For the most part, I don't really mind it...but it can sometimes get annoying!

I live in Mississippi and was in a girl's home in South Carolina for 2 1/2 years and they would have what they called "redneck parties", which they always called me a redneck because I talked so country, and when they had these parties they would drink out of mason jars with handles, put freckles on their face, put tootsie rolls on their teeth to portray missing teeth, and stuff like that and it was nuts. All people in the south do not dress the same or talk the same. But they always made fun of my accent. Just because I am from the south does not mean anyhing!!!

I get stereotyped for all kinds of things. It used to really bother me, but now I just find the amusement in it. First of all, I live in Virgina, pretty much the center of the Civil War and having more battles in VA than any other state leads to some pretty racially motivated comments. I am blond, so anytime I do anything remotely retarded(which I will admit is fairly frequently), I hear blond jokes. Some of them are genuinely funny, but it gets really old after the first year or 2. I'm dating a cop. This has its own seperate set of jokes associated with it. You just have to look at the humor in it(Ill admit its hard to see the humor at the beginning), but if you laugh along with whoever is making the comments, they've lost their power.