Oh I don't think it's hard because there are nice people all over the South, and there are lots of jobs that are not impossible to do competently. What I haven't met is one without a chip on her shoulder. I guess that's what they mean by microagressions -- even around nice people they will find something to take offense to.

They read the crap these academics put out (filtered through culture if not from the texts directly). Which tells them to be perpetually offended.

So it's like "she's nice but watch out" you know? If you talk like any normal white man, you're bound to say something offensive.