Often times, the people of Appalachia are depicted as being backwards in some form or another and this is not the case a lot of the time.  There are people that are backwards for sure, but to stereotype the entire region that way is simply not correct.  The stereotypes that people play on are discussed heavily in Back Talk and Appalachia.  There are arguments within both works that talk about the interests of others outside of the communities’ interests being served and not the interests of the Appalachian people who suffer these stereotypes.  These negative views that the people of Appalachia are backwards, poor, or unintelligent cause damage to them and cause people to treat them with a paternalistic or cautious attitude.  The areas outside of Appalachia are typically only serving their own interests when they hold these views upon the Appalachians.  These “outsiders” create multiple things by doing so.   They create an idea of tourism and fantasy aura and sensationalize the culture into its extremes so that they can make money from it.  This is not the only thing that seems to effect the region though.  Also a major problem is that the area seems to be used to clear peoples’ consciences.  Discussed in Back Talk, Appalachia seems to be the target of crippling charity for some reason or other every time someone says something about the region being poor on mass media.  The region has so much poured onto it that it becomes an actual detriment to functionality and health.  These are just two of many examples of how people view and use Appalachia to their own ends.  It was important to portray the region like they did at one point, because at one point, the region needed support from the outside to keep up, but that has not been the case for a while now.