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    Appalachian Stereotypes

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    Appalachian people have been depicted to have poor educations, destroy the environment by coal mining, and lack motivation as hillbillies. As Appalachians have evolved, they continue to have a reputation as uneducated humans. However, economical factors, poor teaching, and parental influence affect an areas quality of education. If…

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    Black Arts Movement

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    In terms of cultural change, he writes, “Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville / Junction will no longer be so Goddamn relevant… / because Black people / Will be in the street looking for a brighter day” (Heron). The uprising that will result from the new Black culture will push White TV shows, such as Green Acres and The Beverly Hillbillies, into irrelevance. People will no longer waste their time discussing pointless TV shows. Instead, they…

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    Bp Oil Company History

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    that you may see in your local neighborhoods. BP has been known to obtain The oil in the deep water on the Gulf of Mexico. The only knowledge most people new about oil is how we are able to use as gas, energy, how wealthy oil owners and the Beverly Hillbillies. It wasn’t until 2018 When BP became known world wide for one of the largest Oil spills in American history Due to a ruptured Leon they explode a rig and into the waters and into the waters of the Gulf Shores. This elite causing me any…

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    Many people have heard the terms “Hillbilly” and “Redneck” and had laughed at jokes and stories about them or have just thought the jokes were just mean and not funny at all. The problem with any jokes about a group of people is that they are stereotyping that group without knowing what that group of people really is. Many stereotypes are made to put a whole group of people down by overgeneralize each person in that group. The stereotype of the ‘Hillbilly” and “Redneck” are referring to the…

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    My Living Doll Analysis

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    In my living doll, a top secret robot with advanced technology is in the form of a woman, which is programmed to do whatever it is told to prevent discovery. Because she is not only just a top secret robot that has advanced technology beyond their modern daytime but furthermore is in the form of a very attractive woman which can draw countless men and unwanted attention to a very top secret project. Which in doing so is forced to live with a psychologist that is trying to portray the robot as…

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    Essay On Hurricane Harvey

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    you're a piece of something greater and more stupendous than yourself that you can pass on to your kids and grandchildren. It's tied in with characterizing yourself as forward-looking and present day. It's an entire dismissal of Hollywood's Beverly Hillbilly generalization of rustic…

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    Sexism In My Living Doll

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    In my living doll, a top secret robot with advanced technology is in the form of a woman, which is programmed to do whatever it is told to prevent discovery. Because she is not only just a top secret robot that has advanced technology beyond their modern daytime but furthermore is in the form of a very attractive woman which can draw countless men and unwanted attention to a very top secret project. Which in doing so is forced to live with a psychologist that is trying to portray the robot as…

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    First, I have to say its hilarious to see Gene Simmons in a question, about a perfect family. I think it would have been even funnier if the Beverly Hillbillies was included or compared to Gene Simmons. However, the Cosby Show or Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was more relatable in my upbring. According, to society we were the burgesious or higher, when I was growing up. Therefore, shows depicting the perfect family were never tye reason for why our family unit survived and lived above…

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    who is considered poor and who is not as well as them being considered deserving enough within their poorness. She explains that blacks are not the only ones who are poor but are the face of poorness. Appalachians are denoted as the dirty, lazy, hillbilly poor white people who face some of the same discriminations as blacks but they don’t consider themselves being at a huge disadvantage because they still are apart of “whiteness” in any institution. With that said, they created spaces that are…

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    shows, but I wouldn't be surprised if Julia measures up to these similar white shows pretty well. And if you compare it to the most popular shows of its day, like The Beverly Hillbillies, which was actually shown twice a week in primetime for awhile, I think you'd prefer the image that Julia conveyed of black life, to the Hillbillies' image of…

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