“…On the other hand, stereotypes abound when referring to white working‐class male culture in the South as evidenced in such Carole Hill's literature review, which variously characterized Southern culture by violence, racism, sexism, brutish behavior, hedonism, primitive mentality, and simple‐mindedness. (Hill 1977). Reinforcing this view, I remember in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when job applicants in anthropology would often state that they wished to teach anywhere but in the South.…”