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Alabama Now Best Known For Slightly Different Thing
"Alabama’s reputation has also taken a huge hit just when it is trying to lure international businesses. No matter how officials may try to tempt foreign automakers, say, with low taxes and wages, the state is already infamous as a regional capital of xenophobia."
—It's funny how times change. It was only 40 years ago that Alabama was infamous as a regional capital of racism.
I would have also accepted the social commentary of Ram Jam's version of "Black Betty."
alabama, mess that it is, will always get a free pass in my heart for the quad cities; the most bizarre place responsible for a run of soul recordings the depth of which will make your face melt.
I am currently *living* in this godforsaken hilljack paradise of college football and country music. Do not even get me started.
My years spent growing up were split between Mobile, AL and various naval bases in California. The contrast between the two states was soul-crushingly stark. And yeah, given that the only two races populous in the state are de facto segregated, this hot new trend of xenophobia already feels like stale news.