CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Appalachia, particularly West Virginia, has a certain, unflattering reputation.

West Virginia native Afsheen Misaghi laughed and listed what he’d heard.

“We’re white. We’re backward. We’re poor. We’re small-minded,” the 25-year-old said over the phone.

The Fulbright scholar and filmmaker is none of those things. His family …
Source: The Washington Times