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[Gene C]

(08-12-2015 11:15 AM)SandiS Wrote:  As a Virginian born and bred, I am sorry to say that White Southerners do not want to "restore white supremacy" because many have never experienced it being gone. Many would love to restore Jim Crow segregation and separatism but that will not happen so there is a detente of sorts that operates within a strong undercurrent of white supremacy and yet you are right that they have still somehow managed to make racism (which was universal) and slavery (which was also prevalent) only minor contributors to the "War of Northern Aggression". My South still has deep division and conflict on race and a fear of honesty that is not healthy.

Some of what you have written in your post (which has since been deleted) I can agree with, but I disagree with your comment above as an American who has lived most of his life in the south (Maryland, Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentuckly, and even Virginia). I know some people feel that way, but it's not limited to the south, and it's not limited to white folks. I'm sorry you think your corner of the word feels that way. As a White Southerner, I find that comment inacurate and offensive. I also find it inapropriate for the discussions this forum was designed to promote. A few people have tried to redirect the discussions in this thread and a few have commented that they were leaving this discusion. I'm joining them.