"Too often, rural equals white in the popular imagination. But in reality, one in five Americans lives in rural areas, and nearly a quarter of those are people of color," said Xavier Morales, executive director of The Praxis Project, dismantling the myth that rural America is overwhelmingly white.
The common depiction of rural America as predominantly white, poor and monolithic ignores significant historical, economic and cultural realities. Instead, we know that if you've seen one rural place ... you've seen one rural place.
The skewed national narrative fails to capture rural and Indigenous communities' breadth and depth of assets, diversity and innovation, undermining the dignity and respect that all communities deserve in how their stories are portrayed.
Leaders from The Praxis Project, Partners for Rural Transformation, and Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group each highlighted a myth that perpetuates inequities in how rural places and people are understood and supported.
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