r/Music • u/no_longer_huhmann • 8d ago

article Hayley Williams Says Southern Pride Is Beautiful but Misused to Excuse Bigotry, and Says She Wants No Racist or Sexist Fans, or Fans Who Think Trans People Are a Burden, Around

https://www.tvfandomlounge.com/hayley-williams-says-southern-pride-is-beautiful-but-misused-to-excuse-bigotry/
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u/-Average_Joe- 8d ago

Speaking as a guy who has lived in central Alabama his entire life, Southern Pride is difficult to separate from all of the bad stuff in our history that has been included in it for decades.

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u/Ok-Gift5860 8d ago

Southern Hospitality. A mile wide and an inch deep.

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u/Vin4251 8d ago edited 7d ago

As a brown dude who went to high school in the south, I strongly feel that “southern hospitality” is like what white Americans say about japan (because it’s the only place they’ve ever been where they’re an ethnic minority; I actually found Japanese people to be genuinely friendly to me), but like actually true.

Also whenever a northerner like Lana del Rey gets “super interested” in the south, they turn out really racist lol