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Accounts have been published of Northern liberals in the South up against segregationist prejudice, especially in state-supported universities where pressure may be strong to uphold the majority view.

But these accounts do not show that Northerners have been subjected to embarrassment or provocation by Yankee-hatred displayed in social gatherings.

From my wife's experience and other sources, this seems to be rarely encountered in educated circles.

The strong feeling is certainly there ; ;

but there is a leavening of liberalism among college graduates throughout the South, especially among those who studied in the North.

And social relations arising out of business ties impose courtesy, if not sympathy, toward resident and visiting Northerners.

Also, among the latter a large percentage soon acquire the prevalent Southern attitude on most social problems.