Just wanted to address this point, since I'm mostly in agreement (with a few very minor exceptions) with the previous. I agree that much of what we do is based indeed upon these precedents. I'm one of the few native Southerners who seem to be active at this site. I have lived, live, and will continue to live with a legacy that is very complex. Some people mistakenly paint Southerners with the broad paint that resembles Original Sin Doctrine in regards to racism. My native culture indeed has much that is faulty, but more and more the people there, regardless of color or social background (one common mistake many non-Southerners make is to assume that discrimination in the South is based solely on race. That's a major part of it, but it just fits into a larger whole of a semi-caste system of who is related to whom to what degree..."breeding" in other terms), are confronting that legacy and progress has been made.

i'd agree with you that southerners tend to be classists while arguing that 'southern culture' isn't nearly as cohesive as you (and many others, alas) seem to think. on the whole, having lived in several different areas of the eastern US, i'd have to say that while racism remains a issue in the south, it isn't as widespread or as problematic as it is in other areas, most notably new england (at least in my experience).

I agree with Alana here that dialogue must continue for continued redressment of past and present actions. While "reparations" to those who never experienced slavery directly is unfeasible, we do have a duty to act as a sort of brother's keeper in regards to human affairs. To ignore past hurts is never good. Best to just make peace with the past by acknowledging and confronting those ghosts rather than just trying to hush up and act like everything is alright with the world when it isn't. Anyways, that's my opinion on the matter.

unfortunately, as with most things, it seems that those of us who feel strongly on this matter are outweighed by many others who simply don't care or are openly hostile. i'm not saying that we should give up, but i honestly cannot think of what to do, as it's hard to make progress when your words fall upon deaf ears.


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