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Stuff You Should Know

Southerners Aren’t Lazy and Dumb, They Just Had Hookworm

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.582.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

There was a time when the lower classes of the American South were considered lazy and dimwitted, a stereotype that still somewhat survives today. But this stereotype was rooted in fact. Hookworms, it turns out, were sapping Southerners’ life force.

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

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to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

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0:30.9

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0:52.1

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