I suppose I should preface this by giving you a little background information on yours truly. Little old me was raised in Atlanta, Georgia, which to me is the home to Coca Cola and famous rap artists. However, from what I am noticing, anyone north of the Mason-Dixon line believes Atlanta to be the home of peaches, grits, sunshine and blue skies.
Atlanta. ATL. Peace up, A-town down.
Am I missing something or is the rest of the world? I won’t go into any more of my back story to spare you from my tendency to rant vulgarly, but I will share with you my five biggest pet peeves of what some people from the North assume of us southerners.
1.) “So if you’re from Georgia, why don’t you have a southern accent?”
Believe it or not, not everyone speaks the same! Some people are raised with a southern twang, some people are not. Generalizing a group of people by a stereotype is never acceptable, so please remember this when talking to us southern folk!
2.) “Oh so like you must not know what the cold is like! Georgia is so warm, right?”
On Tuesday, January 25th, Atlanta got two inches of snow. Two inches. However, we didn’t have any snow plows so our entire city was basically stranded for up to 24 hours as shown in photos like above. You tell me again how Georgia is so warm. #Snowpocalypse2014 #neverforget
3.) “Have you tried Bojangles yet?? I’m OBSESSED.”
Yes, yes I have. There are over a hundred Bojagles in the southern region, so at some point growing up I was bound to try it at least once. So please tell me more about these Boberry biscuits that I haven’t tasted in my 19 years of existence in the south.
4.) “So who’s your favorite country artist?”
Nope. I actually only listen to Beyoncé and am an active member of the church of Blue Ivy, so it would go against my beliefs to listen to country music.
5.) You’re so lucky you have that southern girl booty! I’m as flat as a board. :-(“
This last one confused me and still continues to puzzle me. Since when do southern girls have bigger butts? I guess nobody gave me the southern female stereotype handbook. Oops.