“We even accept transplanted Yankees who have seen the light.”

We welcome the following letter from Alma M. Womack, who writes to give us her view of the eternal question, “Who is a true southerner?” She makes two main points: First, that the most powerful group in a region controls the way outsiders regard it. Second, that she personally welcomes all kinds of folks as true southerners “as long as the food is good, our home team wins, and the air conditioner works.” Her first point may provoke some controversy, but her second is indisputable.