The Southernizing of America

 From an article by David A, Graham in The Atlantic:

"Where fights over monuments have broken out, their defenders have often fallen back on the old argument that the statues and plaques and flags are symbols not of racist hate but of heritage and regional pride. This argument has always had its flaws. The heritage is not that of Black southerners, and you seldom hear them defending the Confederate flag. (Per the PRRI-EPU survey, just 16 percent of Black Americans see the flag as a sign of pride, not racism, versus half of Americans overall.) But the heritage argument is even harder to credit when support for Confederate symbols is as strong in states that fought to preserve the union. The South is everywhere now, and so are its worst political pathologies."

FULL Article HERE. 

(Note: the photos above and below are mine, showing the huge confederate monument at the Alabama Capitol Building before the confederate flags were removed by Governor Robert Bentley in the Summer of 2015.)