We started talking about the "fake twang" in country music, so I looked up this article. It's far more fascinating than I initially expected.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/country-music-southern-accent-conservatism-confederacy-ken-burns-blues
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“ In popular culture, the southern accent―the accent of a region that historically perpetuated racial violence and oppression―became understood as the universal accent of rurality. Rather than acknowledge the diverse and complicated origin of these uniquely American musical forms, the audience was guided toward the illusion of a shared national identity in rural whiteness. The consequences of this whitewashing can still be heard and felt in the radio country of today.”
Wow.
@evamarie Wow indeed. I read that paragraph aloud to @bitranch, too.