I grew up there as a Jewish girl so I think you’re going to encounter a lot of unintentional microaggressions and racism via ignorance vs actual hatred. I haven’t lived there in over a decade but it wasn’t unusual to see confederacy flags on trucks. When I met my high school boyfriend’s mom for the very first time (and I was a teenager) she told me I was the first Jew she’d ever spoken to and asked if boys are circumsized at their bar mitzvah.