Journal #2
"Red America" the author generalized
all the people where I am from. He put us in one category
and made it apparent that everyone from
"Red America" are hicks. This statement was very
broad
and really offensive. I do recognize these places because I am from the town
Waynesboro
that
the author uses in the article. I obviously belong to the "Red
America" because I am from a
small rural town, dirt roads and the hillbilly
loving people who are apart of this town. I am
not from "Blue America" because the author is most likely from "Blue America" from the way
the bias is written in the article.The author like
I said makes very broad and generalizing statements.
The author uses the words,
"... many of them are racist and homophobic, and when
you see them at
highway rest stops, they're often really fat and their clothes are too
tight." That statement is very
offensive because how can you put a group of people into one category.
Just because I am from a
"Red America" rural town doesn't mean I am going to be fat and my
clothes are too tight. Where I am
from there are people of
many races. No one is the same as the person beside them. Where I am from
there is no “normal” person. We accept everyone for who
they are. We have dirt roads, we have
country music playing through the town, we have rap
music playing through the town, we have 3 old
pizza shops that are a town favorite, we
have7 car dealerships, 4 elementary schools, one middle
school, one
high school, six grocery stores, three fast food restaurants, three Chinese restaurants,
an Applebee's, six gas stations, one hospital, and most importantly 11,000 people who are so
genuinely kind and care about one another. We do not label one another but care for one another.
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