> Anyway, I'm as tired of being labeled as stupid
> because I have a drawl as African Americans
> are of being labeled as dangerous when 2 or
> more are walking down a Southern street.

If it makes you feel any better, there's a *lot* of people in other countries (including me) who had no idea before reading your post that a US Southern accent is supposed to sound "stupid." To me, it's always sounded like one of the cooler regional accents of the US, and all it means to me is "somebody who comes from the US South and sounds pretty cool."

Brunnen-"around here we call rednecks Westies"G