Many people (especially those who do not live in the South) differentiate between the North and the South by looking at the South as a slow-paced environment filled with southern hospitality and home cooked food. The North is then seen as the reverse, filled with fast-paced businessmen living in the city. In reality, these stereotypes are not nearly as true as they once were, with the South becoming globalized and both cultures changing to a similar suburban culture.
Southerners are also seen as dumb and uneducated. While this is a very broad (and generally false) stereotype, it is partially based in truth. In US News' rankings of best schools by state, no southern state makes it into the top 10. Luckily, this is a trend that seems to be changing, as education becomes more vital in the New South.
When someone sees a video like the one of Miss South Carolina, instead of just thinking that she is dumb, they revert to a stereotype and think that this is proof that all southerners are ignorant, which is just not true.
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