Reply #17: Many people moved from the South to Northern states...

[Zookeeper]

for jobs, especially in the auto industry, and to give their children more opportunity. I grew up in the Detroit area and heard a lot of racist comments from ex-Southerners (and plenty from native Michiganders, too). At the same time, native Northerners put down the Southerners as "Hillbillies." My Southern mother went out of her way to lose her Southern accent because she was tired of being teased and considered stupid.

That movement of people and labor was, IMHO, a very significant part of American history that many Americans don't know much about.

Edited for typo.