Once romanticized beyond all reason, the South has also been vilified in the popular imagination. The region has been represented in movies and the media as a place where racism is routine, megachurches define morality and good ole boy politics rule.
Those of us who live here know that the South — while containing those elements — is far richer, and more laden with gray area. And few places in America hold the allure, the mystique and the complexity of the South.
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