Having grown up in the mid south we decided to return in retirement. We settled on Desoto County, Ms just south of Memphis. Some of my first impressions were in our neighborhood Krogers. Where we had lived in the east there seemed to be open hostility and a total lack of manners between the races. There at Kroger is where the first impressions occured to us. There were several pretty young cashiers named Ashley, Tiffany or Debbie and similar southern lady names. They were uniformly friendly and helpful. They were also black.
I was not unaware of the history of this region, having been here through the exodus of blacks from the south going north, and their reasons for doing so. Now many have returned to their roots, as have many poor white southerners. The south is still a gracious place to live and to visit.
When I read the line, this reminded me of when I was traveling from Florida up to Indy and I stopped overnite in Macon, GA. I went to check in at the hotel and a young black lady checked me in. Very kind and nice. Not nasty, ghetto like a lot I see normally.
> There were several pretty young cashiers named Ashley, Tiffany or Debbie and similar southern lady names. They were uniformly friendly and helpful. They were also black.