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As a person born and raised in the South, I physically wince when I read a statement such as that describing Howard Dean’s enthusiasm in Iowa as “some kind of south-of-the-Mason-Dixon-Line banshee wanna-be” in “Dean departs” (Editorial, Feb. 19).
My experience of Southern living was an atmosphere of graciousness and well-mannered, usually soft-spoken people.
I do not recall encountering a banshee in my experience growing up in Memphis.
The stereotype of the South as some unwashed backwater is Northern prejudice fed by media stereotypes displayed in such shows as “The Beverly Hillbillies.”
Poor rural people are found throughout the nation.
The closest I have come to sighting a banshee has been TV coverage of some Bears and Cubs fans.
