![]() ![]() ![]() And that is that our most vulnerable are the children of those who actually produce the prosperity and the greatness of the nation itself,” she said. “I was reminded to tell a truer story about the country. This characterization of the South as a separate, out-of-step stain on the nation struck Perry, a Black woman from Alabama, not only as inaccurately absolving the rest of the country from its own racism, but as an undeserved slight on the complexity of the South’s legacy and culture. “Every time I went on social media something would happen in the South … I would see obnoxious Northerners saying things like, ‘Can't we just cut that part of the country off?’” she said, addressing the audience at the final plenary session of Learn Serve Lead 2022: The AAMC Annual Meeting on Nov. When Imani Perry, JD, PhD, set out to write her book, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, she felt the need to set the story straight on the region of the United States that was her home. Authors Imani Perry, JD, PhD, and Jon Meacham discuss the complex legacy of the South at Learn Serve Lead 2022: The AAMC Annual Meeting on Nov. ![]()
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