I'm a Southern Progressive, and It's Time Everyone Puts Some Respect on Our Name
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I am a Black, queer woman from Lilburn, GA. And, frankly, I am tired.
I am tired of the perception that racism and bigotry are the only notable hallmarks of the Southern experience. I am tired of the idea that these biases are exclusive to the South. Mostly, I am tired of the elitism that oozes from the veins of liberal cities like San Francisco, Portland, OR, New York, and Seattle when they write off my state as "backward" or behind the times.
I have noticed that those from these cities often present as if they have a monopoly on progressivism and activism. And, particularly around election years, people who live elsewhere are ostracized as