Jasmine Kent--Blog Topic: Stereotypes in the South

Stereotypes are big everywhere, whether they are the punch lines of jokes, the initiation of fights, or are actually reality. Yet, when do stereotypes cross the line? When are they true, totally false, or ride down the middle so one can tilt them either which way for their own purpose? How often do you use stereotypes subconsciously in your daily life and when do people actually notice and respond to them? How do they respond to them?

Many specific southern stereotypes I can think right off the bat are ones about Texas. When someone says they are from Texas, the initial thought of some people are to think of cowboy hats, cattle, accents, and plain flat country. A funny play on this was a clip found in an episode of Family Guy where the Griffin's move to Texas to hide their infant son, Stewie, from the angry mob in Quahog, RI.

These are just parodies of stereotypes, but for this post, I would like you to analyze southern stereotypes and how they are depicted in the real world, whether they are funny, like Family Guy, or are rude and violent, like the nukes made during the election of Barack Obama in 2008.