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Appalachia

appalachiablue

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7. Some of those comments really ring true about the misconceptions

Reply to Gumboot (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 17, 2019, 12:58 PM

Dec 2019

and prejudices of Appalachia that have persisted for generations.

The 2016 targeting of Appalachia as responsible for the election of Trump coincided with the release of the book, "Hillbilly Elegy" Wall Steeter JD Vance's unresearched and biased portrayal of the region which was lauded by both the right and left and has been made into a movie. Heaven help us!

Thanks for posting this fine video, I enjoyed it and appreciate the effort of the producers & all involved.

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Good Read rpannier Dec 2019 #1

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My family's from Appalachia. I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2019 #4

Where and do you still have tries? Half of my family was in central appalachiablue Dec 2019 #5

I can highly recommend... Gumboot Dec 2019 #6

Some of those comments really ring true about the misconceptions appalachiablue Dec 2019 #7

I am going to need to look at this more later get the red out Dec 2019 #8