I myself am American and live in one of the most historically religious and biggotted regions of the country.  But saying that everyone in the South is racist is just as ignorant as saying everyone in America is an imperialist/supports Bush/is self-absorbed/etc.  You must understand that there are millions of different people in this one nation.  Gross generalizations--be it calling the French cowards, the Germans warmongerers, or Americans new-age imperialists--do not do everyone justice.