I received an email from a friend which cracked me up. It read as follows:

NOTE: Due to the climate of political correctness now pervading America,
Kentuckians, Tennesseans, and West Virginians will no longer be referred to
as “HILLBILLIES.”

You must now refer to us as “APPALACHIAN-AMERICANS”.

Thank you.

I have never believed in political correctness. Does this make me a bad person? Am I insensitive to those who are “different?” No. In fact, quite the opposite. I was raised to treat everyone as I would want to be treated. We all, as Americans are unique. I have short fingernails. Andrena has long fingernails. Am I supposed to call her a “Long finger-nailed American?” This may be debatable amongst some of us, but, as a person who grew up watching television and seeing chatters online referring to me as a hillbilly or a redneck, simply because I live in a certain region, I know how it feels to be singled out as being of a different caliber, so to speak, and against the so called “norm” of our society. The word hillbilly brings to mind those who don’t bathe, wear potato sacks for clothes and spit at the dinner table. I can assure you I have done none of those-unless you count politely spitting out a tough piece of meat into a napkin. If we’re going to take political correctness to such levels, (yes, I do realize the email was a joke, but I’m making a point here dammit), I should, from this point forward, be recognized as an Appalachian-Welsh-Scotish-German-Dutch-Native-Short Finger-nailed-Heterosexual-Vertiacally Challenged-Width Challenged American. Let’s see employers put that on questionnaires.

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