Aargh, I wish ONE tech company would put a HQ somewhere in the South. I currently live in the Bay Area working at a company I love, but I'll have to move back at some point (my wife wants to be closer to family). Crystal City, VA is still an 8 hour drive from the part of the South I'm from. Atlanta, Raleigh, and Nashville have so much potential... I think if just one of FANG put a HQ there (or even an office), the ot…
I don't always feel good about being the person pointing out the obvious, but perhaps the American south would have more such companies if it wasn't full of white separatists yearning for a rematch of the Civil War. People with an abundance of intelligence aren't attracted to states where the capitols are adorned with monuments to confederate generals and notorious white supremacists.
Seriously, this is offensive and inaccurate and wrong. It is just as bad as saying all Muslims are terrorists.
Only people who have never been to the South, and let New York media and Hollywood caricatures inform them ACTUALLY believe this.
It is terrible that CNN and MSNBC have followed the Fox News model of peddling fear, but for the opposite side. It leads to this kind of ignorance.
FYI:. I am proud of the fact that I helped two Indian co-workers get green cards and become fellow citizens. I did this at a company in Arkansas. I no longer live there, but they both remain and love it. They are now huge football fans as well.
Wake up and see your own prejudice.