Appalachia Rising > Comments > "Educate us!"
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- Sandra Smallwood-Beltran
- Username: LearningForLife
- Location: Miami, FL
- Joined PRX: Mar 12, 2006
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- "Appalachia Rising"
- Summary: SOTRU explores the misguided portrayal of the rural Appalachian region as a place of victims — a people at the mercy of the region's poverty or bigotry. We travel to southern West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky to examine how residents are balancing deep ties to their history while facing the future in a new way.
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Educate us!
Sandra Smallwood-Beltran
Posted on October 08, 2011 at 11:57 PM
Excellent writing, great dynamic progression. The music is always on point and colorful, adding lots of texture. Intellingent critique of stereotypes. Tremendously valuable in informing how the generalizations came about and who benefits by keeping them alive. Splendid upbeat conclusion. Encore!