The New Fox News Talking Point About the SC Shootings

[Rhondazvous]

We do need a discussion about race. In the south, there is something called white pride or pride in 'our heritage' that drives me up the wall.  


When I was a child, older white people often claimed that slaves were treated well in the south. I've known people that claim that the Civil War had little to do with slavery which makes no sense because it isn't hard to find original documents online that say, in the words of the Confederates, that the war was over slavery

People get called all sorts of names online but the most hateful names that I have been called occur when I have said that the Confederate flag is a symbol of racism. Someone once told me that "You must be a black. Go back to Africa." It was the only time I reported anything to facebook. I am white, by the way.

Something is very wrong with the way we view race in this country and the only way to cure it is to shine a lot of light on it.

That will be interesting to have a discussion about race on the AF forums. I am confident that it will be honest and enlightening for all concerned because you guys have shown that it is not a taboo subject. And it wouldn't be the here's-a-nickel-give-me-five-pennies discussion we would get from an all black or all white group.

I will post an essay about the Civil War in a minute. I have to decide in which forum it would be most appropriate then I'll come back here and post the URL.