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I'm Chad Abumrad.
This is Dolly Parton's America.
Episode seven, Dolly Partons America.
A cycle of condemnation and salvation.
In the next two episodes, we're going to tackle some of the trickier aspects of the Dollyverse.
The hillbilly is a caricature of Appalachian stereotypes.
Questions about the south, who moonshines for.
A living, doesn't know how to read identity and likely has sex with his cousin.
And there's no mention of slavery.
This is part of the reason why Charlottesville happened.
Race.
We'll take on some of that in this episode, some in the next.