European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stereotyping appalachian Mountain people associated Prossa appalachian souvenir slops thai peddle t Shirls and codes mugs with Hillbillies an them show that stereotypes of Mountain people remain More widely accepted in the United Stales than other minority stereotypes scholars say. You sob the Little tourist wrap places like hillbilly  said Jean Spoer director of Virginia tech s appalachian studies program in Roanoke. Some of Hicso to shirts anal have hillbilly stereotypes you could t do that anymore with Blacks or hispanic groups. You could t and you should  noddy Moore director of Ferrum College s Blue Ridge Institute said the persistence of the stereotypes has puzzled appalachian scholars. I Don t know Why there s been no outcry irom White mountaineers to said Spoer said the Imago of Mountain people As incestuous lady and dumb has become so ingrained into the mainstream culture that social programs sent Inlo Appalachia often Are handled by workers who approach the people wrong. The myths have been perpetuated through such entertainment As television s Beverly Hilt ii lies and the Dukes of Azzata. Through u l Abner and snugly Smith on newspaper comics pages and in the Newa Media. The Ett oct sometimes is it makes the people it represent silly like they Don t count Speer said. Vaughan Wobb a Folh Loris at Ferrum College said the stereotypical image of american Mountain people was born in the Early part of the Century when missionaries came into Appalachia to set up schools Tor Mountain people and