Feel free to tell me how you feel about this pic because to be honest it kind of made me angry and I'm not even from here!
Peluang Usaha di Cibinong
8 years ago
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
West Virginia
I'm not actualy from West Virginia, I came here when I was 13 and I thought it was going to be grassy and mountainious where I was moving to, with backwards people and such. I was victim to the West Virginia sterotype. When I finally did move up here I found people that were just like the ones I left. Not everyone had only one tooth like the sterotypes say about West Virginia. For this I was glad. Technology here is the same as everywhere else I'v been from what I have seen. I realized this when I moved to Charelston. Technology helps us so much. It allows us to go from place to place, to build and grow our communities, unfortunately sometimes the negative sides of technology show up. Like when a chemical spill happens, or when a mine collapses like what recently happened, the good thing about technology is for every problem it causes it can also fix. We just have to figure out how to use it. I mean we are not as backwards as everyone thinks. I looked up on google for images of West Virginians, I found small towns and some old people, and a group hunting. Not that shocking. Yes West Virginia has these things but I don't know one state that doesn't, but i also found this picture. 
Feel free to tell me how you feel about this pic because to be honest it kind of made me angry and I'm not even from here!
Feel free to tell me how you feel about this pic because to be honest it kind of made me angry and I'm not even from here!
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wow chris I wasnt aware that u werent really from here. Great blog good luck in this class :)
ReplyDeleteThis was very well constructed. I agree that picture is very stereotypical and makes me kind of angry too. Technology is building more and more here everyday and you are right west virginia is the same as every other state, just maybe more wild and wonderful.
ReplyDeleteGood blog dude. i didn't realize you were from here either.
ReplyDeleteHaha. That picture makes me think of my papaw and my uncle. It is very stereotypical but you know, a lot of people in West Virginia are like that...especially when you go up the hollows. It shouldn't make you angry, though. It makes me smile. I'm proud to be a redneck and feel like I shouldn't have to dress to impress (: But everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
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ReplyDeleteThe stereotype is that all WV people are like that, but I don't really know anyone like that. It just aggravates me is all.
ReplyDeleteVery well put and the picture really is like a black mark on West Virginia's good nature.
ReplyDeleteChris, I didn't realize that you weren't from here either. With that said, that doesn't mean that you aren't a West Virginian! I think you are and am quite glad to share the title with you. I think that the stereotype has some what improved over time. Nonetheless, people are still scared of what they don't know. If more people got to know the state and the people of the state, I think we would see more people falling in love with our mountains and ways of life.
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