Why is the South referred to as "dirty"?
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I don't know you'd be able to credit the rapper that first coined the phrase "the dirty South". That's like trying to figure out who was the first person to wear a gold grill.\n\nThe word dirty doesn't have anything to do with the scenic beauty of the South.  Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and the Carolinas are some of the most beautiful parts of our country.  Nor does it have anything to do with the overall population; however please read my post to your questions on accents.\n\nThe Dirty South is just hip hops retailiation to West Coast gangbangers and New York/East Coast hardness.
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Africa. It is called the Federal Republic of Nigeria. \n\nNigeria, one-third larger than Texas and the most populous country in Africa, is situated on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. Its neighbors are Benin, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad. The lower course of the Niger River flows south through the western part of the country into the Gulf of Guinea. Swamps and mangrove forests border the southern coast; inland are hardwood forests.\n\nbrownsluv --'White' man, and I'm thinking you mean southern 'white' man since that is where the 'n-word' came from, are no more 'ignorant' than any other geographical area of the USA. The n-word comes from the way Southerners said the word Negro. With the southern accent it came out  'negr' or 'ni**er' .  It really wasn't meant to be a 'bad' word. How ignorant YOU are.
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Both were seen as opportunists.\n\nScalawags is a derogatory term (originally describing worthless livestock) applied to native white Southerners who supported the federal reconstruction plan and cooperated with the blacks in order to achieve their ends. Some of the scalawags were entirely above board, having opposed the Confederacy in earlier times and later wanted a new South to emerge from the rubble. Others cooperated with or served in the Republican governments in order to avail themselves of money-making opportunities.\n\nCarpetbaggers is also a term of derision, but applied to Northerners who went South during Reconstruction, motivated by either profit or idealism. The name referred to the cloth bags many of them used for transporting their possessions, but today is applied to any recently arrived opportunist. Despite the negative connotation of the name, many carpetbaggers were sincerely interested in aiding the freedom and education of the former slaves.
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You are correct that there is a stereotype of racism in the South. I think that racism is more woven into the fabric of society in the South. In the Mid-Atlantic region there are racists as well, although part of what you are running into is that you are probably in a more urban area. There you see more division between the "urban culture" and others. You see a lot more Black activism in the urban areas, and there are a number of people who advocate for positions against White people. \n\nThe other aspect of moving from the South to the North is that you came from a place where their was more of a community feel to it, and now you are in a more urban area where lots of people are "transplants" there and there isn't the same sense of shared values. So there is a lot more open discussion of differences.\n\nWhich brings me to my last point: In the South we didn't discuss our differences openly. You smiled and then stabbed people in the back! In the North they talk out loud about stuff.... :o)\n\nOf course, one should never be surprised by what people do who claim to be Christian. Remember the Inquisition? Lots of wars have been fought and people tortured and killed in the name of Jesus! Most Christians, of course, are good, peace loving people.
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The Mason Dixon line is up by Baltimore.  People in the deep south (mississippi, New Orleans, Alabama, etc) do not consider us Southerners and I live in Southern Maryland.  I consider where I live to be the south because of some of the trees we can grow here.
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I'm from the South, technically. I'm from Southern California (LA), which is nearly as south as you can get in the United States without going into Mexico.\n\nI think people ought to redefine "South," since, after all, people from Orange County and Los Angeles are living in the "South." Is the South you're referring to the South that fought against the North in the Civil War in an effort to maintain slavery? Or are we talking post-bellum American South, which can include the states of Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and California today?
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they say who should be incharge like southern is england and new england isnt
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Again, this is one of those dumb questions, but everyone has their own answers.  I think that this one might get some ANSWERS, like you did. It shows that people think the southern states are full of dirty redneck, hillbilly,pipe-smokin', sittin on the front porch, doing nothing but keepin the women barefoot and pregnant in the kithen, cookin up supper, that was caught by the men folk, so they can sit and drink their moonshine.  But, I guess it is no different than the big city people are considered to be killers next door as your neighbor, no street safe to walk down because the drive by shootings by people who probably does not work, but thinks they rule a territory, probably owned by their parents. And, a good job, is standing on the corner,lol. We all have answers.  But, hey, I've try not to judge a person by the way they part their hair, their size, or the color of their skin, because I know I'm not perfect, I don't want to judges seat.
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racist?\n\nwait, that's not one of the options... i would say "c," then.\nflorida is tropical (where i live), but most of the south is not considered tropical, i think.
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It's a club mentality.  As we all should know, American black slaves were tragically persecuted and this name was used with vicious slander to degrade their existence to a level of inequality.  As the slaves gained freedom and modern society has evolved, the term is an insider way of being one of the club and a cultural reminder.  A person of different race, using the same term, even if attempted to be used in the same inclusive, brotherly manner, cannot expect to be recognized as one who could possibly relate, thus there is most often resentment and feelings of hostility.  It's one thing to tell people I'm a dirt bag, it's another to have someone else call me one...them's fightn' words.  Think it's a double standard?  Maybe, because it is discriminatory in its own way, excluding outsiders and promotes a negative sense of separation, holding on to a victimized past.  Then again, who didn't come from a victimized past?  If you live in America, most of our ancestors didn't come here because things were so wonderful in the old country.  They left because anything was going to be better than the life they had.  The sad difference for the blacks Africans is that they were kidnapped, forced into ships, and treated like livestock.  Most others had at least some limited choices.
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Uncultured, uneducated person, usually from the Southern part of the USA.  I think it comes from the sunburn you get from being out in the sun too much.
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NY was the worst...  Va Beach and Boston were great.  I live in GA and us Southerners are pretty hospitable.... but I might be biased...
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Dirty South is a style of rap music that popped up in the latter half of the 1990s and is based in southern cities and states such as Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami or South Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Houston. Dirty South descended from southern rap: its inspirations drew from Dr. Dre's Chronic album as well as Luther Campbell's 2 Live Crew's (one of the first southern rap groups to gain notoriety) nasty traditions in equivalent measure, arriving at a stoned, violent, sex-obsessed and profanity-oriented brand of modern hip hop.\n\nDirty South got its name from a song by Goodie Mob. Some of the Dirty South music is characterized by its bouncy, club-friendly beats and lyrics generally concerning flashy jewelry, luxury automobiles, women, and occasionally gangster lyrics. An offshoot of Dirty South music is Crunk, featuring beats with loud, pounding bass.\n\nRapper/producer Lil Jon is generally considered the main pioneer of Crunk music.\n\nThe genre inspired the nickname "The dirty dirty" for New Orleans.
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Southern states usually have more than northern states.
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I feel sorry for racist because generally they have lived a very secluded uneducated life.  The US southern states are the worst and the funny thing they are also known for horrible education.  People in the south are stuck in a nonprogressive way of life.  They are not willing to grow or look at other possible ways of doing things.  It is there way or the highway.  And because of this their education system is failing because they are mean and headstrong with children so there children learn to hate education and therefore drop out. And they are mean to people who are not like themselves because they have this age old uneducated view that for them to be on the top they have to trample other people.  They are fool and are failing at life. Just keep strong for every racist fool there is at least one person who is caring and accepting.  You can find the good people if you look for them.
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Ok, Savannah is in GA, not SC.  The "low country" generally refers to the Charleston, Hilton Head area.\n\nNow if you are looking only at environmental type similarities, Savannah would be very similar, however, in SC when we refer to the "low country" we do not include Savannah.\n\nIf clarify why or what you are asking, I may be able to help a little more.
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Society determines bad words, which is why some words are only bad in when said in front of certain people.  The word "bloody" is considered foul in England, but not here unless you know it is bad there.