 US White Alone (or of one race) in 2020 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 69.7 million (58.2% of the total population of the Southern US) (2020) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Southern United States, Upland South, Appalachia, Little Dixie (Missouri), Little Dixie (Oklahoma), Americana, São Paulo, and the historical Confederate settlements in British Honduras | |
| Languages | |
| Predominately varieties of Southern and General American English, with minorities of Spanish, Louisiana French, other European languages, and Semitic languages. | |
| Religion | |
| Protestantism, minority Catholicism and Judaism[2] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other White Americans, African-Americans, Indigenous peoples of the Southeast, White Caribbeans, White Bermudians, Rhodesians, and Afrikaners |
White Southerners are a subculture[3][4][5] of White Americans from the Southern United States, primarily originating from the various waves of Northwestern and Southern European immigration to the region beginning in the 16th century to the British Southern colonies, French Louisiana, the Spanish-American colonies; and the subsequent waves of immigration from Northwestern Europe,[6][7] Central Europe,[8][9] Eastern Europe,[10][11] Southern Europe,[12][13] the Caribbean,[14][15] Latin America,[16][17] and the Levant.[18][19] Though overwhelmingly of European descent, many free blacks in the South assimilated into the white population, resulting in about 10% of white Southerners having traceable African ancestry.
White Southerners developed a semi-uniform identity based on white supremacist, segregationist, pro-slavery, agrarian, Neo-Confederate, and nativist beliefs, though many have gradually shifted away from these roots in recent history.[20][21][22][23][24] After the end of Jim Crow with the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, many white Southerners sought to expunge the racist elements that permeated throughout white Southern culture for hundreds of years. Nowadays, many white Southerners define their identity through shared cultural values, racial reconciliation, regional dialects, folklore, musical traditions, American football, and the South's traditionally agrarian society.[25][26][27][28][29][30]
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- ^ Habeeb, William Mark. "Lebanese and Syrians". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ^ "Delta Lebanese | Southern Foodways Alliance - Southern Foodways Alliance". 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ^ Watts, Trent A. (2010). One Homogeneous People: Narratives of White Southern Identity, 1890–1920. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-1-57233-743-5.[page needed]
- ^ Warf, Barney (2007). "The Deep Historical Roots of White Southern Cultures of Justice". Southeastern Geographer. 47 (1): 92–96. ISSN 0038-366X.
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- ^ Cobb, James C. (1996). "Community and Identity: Redefining Southern Culture". The Georgia Review. 50 (1): 9–24. ISSN 0016-8386. JSTOR 41401212.
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- ^ Hall, Andrew. "College Football: The Pride and Joy of the South". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
- ^ Strauss, Neil (2000-06-25). "MUSIC; The True Country Fan Has Southern Roots". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
- ^ Ladd, Donna; Harris, Donna Ladd with pictures by Delreco (2018-10-08). "The white southerners who changed their views on racism". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
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