The Islamic studies chairman at American University in Washington undertook a study to see “how well this country upholds its ideals in a post-September 11 world.“
As part of that study, Hailey Woldt traveled to Alabama and dressed in “traditional black abaya.” Her “experience was a pleasant one.” And it was unexpected. As Allahpundit put it, “They went looking for prejudice — and darned if they didn’t find it.“
This led Shannon Love to observe:
What Woldt discovered was not the prejudices of the small-town southern white American but instead the prejudices and stereotypes of contemporary leftist academia. Woldt expected to find prejudice not because she had already seen it but because her education indoctrinated her to expect it in others. This little incident opens a window on the insular, elitist and bigoted world of leftist in contemporary academia.
(H/t Instapundit.)
Why is it that the supposedly most broad-minded Americans have the most narrow view of their fellow citizens?
And from the comments to the post:
Isn’t it a mortifying disgrace that these so-called “intellectuals” are so deluded and drunk on their own elitism that they are genuinely bewildered when it turns out that all of their bigoted assumptions about their own countrymen are ignorant stereotypes? These fools have never questioned the characterization of Southerners (and pretty much anyone who doesn’t live in NY, LA or SFO) as hateful, inbred, racist, homophobic savages prone to violent, homicidal outbursts against anyone that is different from themselves.
Yet, it’s these are the same f-ing idiots who claim that the jihadists mean us no harm, want to live in peace, and are “just like us, with families and children.” What happened to these people that they are only capable of seeing hatred and evil in their own fellow citizens?
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I live up in the Liberal Northeast, where most Libbies believe that the South hasn’t evolved since the 1840s. I had a pair of friends who are very liberal and decided to adopt a dog from a rescue group in Mississippi. They were so on the fence about heading down there because they were convinced that they’d be lynched by the KKK the moment they crossed the state’s border… and they’re white!
To make a long story short, my pals came back with a lovely new (actually, old) golden retriever, and a new perspective. According to them, they went down there expecting to get drawn and quartered by right-wing rednecks. Turns out that they were met with nothing but hospitable hosts and friendly locals all the way from Mississippi to West Virginia. One hotel went out of their way to accommodate their dog. From what they say, people didn’t start being rude to them until they crossed over to the New Jersey border.
To this day, they talk about how they had the Southerners all wrong and how they’re embarrassed by how misinformed they were.
Remarkably, a lot of their liberal friends dismiss their experience to mere luck.
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