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- Dolly Parton answered Barbara Walters' question about being called a hillbilly by redefining the label.
- The interview aired on television nearly fifty years ago.
- Parton said her people were proud, had class, practiced “country class,” and possessed practical “horse sense.”
- The author describes this as a “label upgrade” strategy that advises owning and reframing disparaging labels.
