Demeaning Cartoon

First, it was a columnist in Boston playing upon Southern stereotypes to bash South Carolina after Rep. Joe Wilson's rude and untimely "You lie" outburst. Now it's a political cartoonist in Seattle upset that Boeing chose South Carolina to build some of its airplanes. And not too long ago, I spoke with a former professor at Davidson College (I'm a 1995 Davidson grad). She's originally from California, where she said she was brought up with the same Southern stereotypes and believed them until she came to the Carolinas and lived here for awhile. I know those perceptions are out there and I'm tired of them, but I'm not sure there's much that can be done. Every state and region have their problems, and I thought news professionals would understand that and not think of and publish such shallow crap about the South, apparently which they no little about.