Talk:Southerner

Usage note

Probably runs a bit long as is to make its point, especially since nearly all agent nouns and demonyms in the English language before the late 20th century were frequently used with exclusively male reference understood.

In any case

Another example is found in a 1948 resolution of the Alabama State Democratic Executive Committee, which asserted "That the Democrats of Alabama would be most deeply hurt, shocked and disillusioned should any attack upon racial segregation be adopted as a plank in the 1948 party platform [...] Such an action by the National leadership of the Democratic party could but force every Southerner into the undesired position of determining which is the greater loyalty, that to the South, or that to the party."

this paragraph has nothing whatsoever to do with sexism although it or another passage could be used with tighter phrasing on the exclusion of black southerners. It doesn't much seem to be best addressed in a usage note, though. This is simply a separate usage of the word that should be glossed as another meaning. — LlywelynII 20:08, 25 April 2022 (UTC)