Reply #147: Never thought about it either until a trip into the South

[Patiod]

Where people kept saying obnoxious things like "you people seem nice, for Yankees". I was reading "Confederates in the Attic" at the time, and couldn't really believe so many people still harbored so much resentment, but I sure saw it for myself with almost every interaction we had with people.

There's that whole conquered nation thing going on, which I am deeply familiar with from my own Irish family's unreasonable contempt for all things English or Irish-Protestant.

On the other hand, I must say a lot of stereotyping exists on our end - I dated a lawyer with an almost impenatrable Florida accent, and he said he used that prejudice all the time in the courtroom, where he was happy to let opposing counsel underestimate him.