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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Yes.
I have.
That extends to people who don't know the history behind "redneck." These things are not taught in many schools and that includes the predominantly Black schools. Children are taught what the school districts want them to learn and that varies based on the area. My siblings and I learned most of the things that we learned because both of our parents are educators who believed that learning is what happens before kids leave for school and after the kids get back home.
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I do not believe it is an issue limited to the south, and never will. It has more to do with "good school" vs. "bad school" though that is obviously over simplifying the issue.
I would say the majority of my friends/sisters/classmates in undergrad were from southern states (Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee) and I truly haven't met anyone that wasn't aware that there were social classes, even if they had a rudimentary understanding of said social classes.
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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Oh I don't think it's North vs. South. My comment about friends in VA is based on fact, but I can't speak to the VA school system as a whole. But certain ideas are more common in the South, or the West, or the North East based on the history and culture of those areas. The teachers bring their biases (and so do the school boards and administrators) and those biases are influenced by their culture so patterns probably emerge that I'm not qualified to discuss as I don't study education the way I study mental health and other things.
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I see, sorry for jumping on that assumption...I probably do tend to be defensive about that, having spent time up north with a few people who don't understand that assuming all my relatives are inbred is ignorant.
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