I grew up in the North, enjoyed American history, was interested in the underground railroads, hated how the blacks were treated in the South; hated the KKK for the terror they inflicted and of course young and not well traveled thought all white Southerners were racist, lazy and hateful to blacks..so I held a prejudice. That was then, this is now.
It didn’t sound like she was Bill Crosby entering the Lion’s Den to stake out an unpopular position and defend it. She sounded like a racist being applauded by other racists.
I grew up in the South, enjoyed American history, and hated how many Northerners would stereotype Southerners while at the same time ignoring their own history when it came to slavery, mistreatment of minorities, segregation etc. However, I never believed all Northerners of any color were like that. Even today, I don’t believe all Northerners are socialists driving a stake through the heart of the Constitution and the Republic, only some of them.