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Exploring what it means to be ‘Nashville nice’
When it comes to manners and etiquette, every city has its local quirks. So we explore the question: What is “Nashville Nice”?
This is the South, so you’re likely to hear a good old fashioned “bless your heart” on a regularly basis. But there’s more to unpack. So we explore some of the origins and nuances of Music City’s social graces with our panel — as well the potential downsides of keeping up an appearance of niceness.
But first, it’s our weekly @Us segment.
Guests:
Freda Player, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Board of Education, District 7
Dr. Carole Bucy, Davidson County historian
Tracey Hughes Royal, principal of Tracey Royal Communications and CEO business mentor for Pinnacle Global Network
Vali Forrister, co-founder and producing artistic director, Actors Bridge Ensemble
Benjamin Houston, senior lecturer at Newcastle University; author of The Nashville Way: Racial Etiquette and the Struggle for Social Justice in a Southern City
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When it comes to manners and etiquette, every city has its local quirks. So we explore the question: What is “Nashville Nice”?
This is the South, so you’re likely to hear a good old fashioned “bless your heart” on a regularly basis. But there’s more to unpack. So we explore some of the origins and nuances of Music City’s social graces with our panel — as well the potential downsides of keeping up an appearance of niceness.
But first, it’s our weekly @Us segment.
Guests:
Freda Player, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Board of Education, District 7
Dr. Carole Bucy, Davidson County historian
Tracey Hughes Royal, principal of Tracey Royal Communications and CEO business mentor for Pinnacle Global Network
Vali Forrister, co-founder and producing artistic director, Actors Bridge Ensemble
Benjamin Houston, senior lecturer at Newcastle University; author of The Nashville Way: Racial Etiquette and the Struggle for Social Justice in a Southern City
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