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This line reads as a defense against contempt. It points to the gap between labels people use from the outside and the more ordinary, human reality of living beside them, where they are not a stereotype but part of daily life. It lands in conversations about class, region, and who gets granted dignity before being understood.
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Books by J. D. Vance
Hillbilly Elegy
2016