Chapter 9:The Changing South

As stated in this chapter, Southerners are truly proud to call themselves southerners. They passionately believe in their freedoms and traditions. Their culture is so rich with their country music, delicious food and just their laid back mentality. The slaves' presence in the south meant that their influence on their culture was heavy. For example, their speech patterns, diet, and music was highly influenced by the African slaves.

The religion data for the Maricopa County in Arizona shows that 43% of people are Catholic. This seems to be normal in most U.S. States this is the case. However, in the South, they are adherent to the evangelical Protestant religions. The Baptists are dominating in the South. 

More than one-fifth of Arizonans live in poverty, a figure higher than anywhere else in the nation except Mississippi. Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show nearly 1.4 million Arizonans in households earning less than the federal poverty level - about 21.2 percent. This is definitely shocking news to me. Coming from a small middle class town, I did not know that Arizona is the number 2 state in poverty.

Racial segregation, unfortunately, seems to live on. Recently in Tempe, Arizona at Arizona State University, they had English 101 and 102 classes opened to "Native Americans only".This is not the kind of racial segregation people are used to seeing, however, it is the kind of segregation happening in this modern day world.

                                          
Unlike the South, Arizona does not want more government involvement in their daily lives. It did help the South in economic and social matters.

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