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Joyce Coomer: Let's get off our high horses Kentucky is a state of contrasts and not everyone wishes to get above their raising and pretend to be something they're not. . .We become ashamed of our roots only because the outside world wishes us to do so; when we allow others to influence our view of ourselves, we have lost ourselves. - JOYCE COOMER By Joyce Coomer Personal commentary The show kept their business "nobody's business but their own" . . . I don't recall any in-depth discussions of their current financial status nor of their personal lives. The oil men weren't portrayed as ignorant, stupid nor inept, just as they are -- people who are down-to-earth and hardworking. Let's get off our high horses about what is "proper" and "fitting" and "accurate" portrayals of Kentucky and Adair County and appreciate things at they are without any white-washing or pretense. No matter how "proper" or "educated" or whatever other qualities we wish the outside world to perceive this area as being or having, nor how many of those qualities the people of Kentucky have, the entire rest of the world is going to consider Kentucky as "backward" no matter what we do - and no matter that dozens of celebrities and wealthy people from around the world attend the Kentucky Derby each year for they care little about life outside their rarefied circles. Kentucky is a state of contrasts and not everyone wishes to get above their raising and pretend to be something they're not. I'm not ashamed of being considered a hillbilly, nor from Appalachia, nor for growing up on a farm. We become ashamed of our roots only because the outside world wishes us to do so; when we allow others to influence our view of ourselves, we have lost ourselves. - Joyce M. Coomer This story was posted on 2013-04-25 09:43:05
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