The Confederate States of America lasted from 1861 to 1865. That short time period hardly represents the South. What that time period does represent is succession from the Union, insistence on the enslavement of Africans and African-Americans, and war. In fact, in represents a period of unpatriotism to the United States of America. Why would you want to be associated with that? What does that say about the Southern heritage you claim. Since African-Americans made up a large part of the South, and they don't claim that same heritage, what is it that white Southerners are celebrating on their cars, shirts, hats, and belt buckles?
2007-10-16 08:15:08 · 12 answers · asked by I'm right 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
-I too am from the South and in the details I explicitly stated some white Southerners, not many, certainly not all.
-States' rights was the issue, but particularly the Southern states' rights to maintain slavery which was obviously economically important to the South was the driving force. Furthermore, Lincoln could care less about the enslaved peoples but he cared alot about keeping the Union together
-True some black soldiers fought for the Confederacy but all blacks don't think the same way and most of those soldiers were clearly misguided.
2007-10-16 08:47:11 · update #1
Interesting how it got added to the state flags in the south after 1954. Can anyone think of an event around then that might have triggered a sudden concern for Southern Heritage.
2007-10-16 12:19:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Who knows? like Palin's Husband who thinks that Alaska should no longer be a part of America so did the southern states who tried desparately to leave the union. A symbol of that struggle was the confederate flag. The flag itself is not racist, but the people who wield it are by an association with it. The gay/ homosexual community has adopted the rainbow, but I myself like rainbows. I am not homosexual. Over time meanings change. Twenty years ago the word crib meant a baby's bed. Say it now and it can be interpreted as someone's home.
2016-04-09 07:57:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do SOME white Southerners claim that? Either out of misplaced regional pride, or to try to disguise racism.
Want to be proud, and celebrate white Southern heroes? How about the thousands of Southerners who fought in the UNION army? There was at least one regiment from every southern state except North Carolina! What about the Southerners who were abolitionists - who do you think ran the Underground Railroad?
In the Alabama hill country pro-Union guerrillas made it impossible for Confederate tax collectors to travel on public roads.
Southern abolitionists like James Butler campaigned among poor whites saying things about the plantation owners like "They make black slaves of Africans, and they'll make white slaves of you!"
Want white Southern heroes? Forget about displaying that flag of death and oppression and remember the real heroes! They deserve it, not some bunch of slave-labor-profiteers and fake aristocrats -- or the poor whites those profiteers duped into fighting for them!
2007-10-16 08:30:09 · answer #3 · answered by Dont Call Me Dude 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The fact is the confederate battle flag was not the original flag adopted by the CSA it was changed for the battlefield because the US and CS flag were to similar.. It was carried by young men mostly poor farm boys.. They fought because they felt they were invaded. Many had never even seen a slave.. They rich slave owners sons were exempt from war.. There is a since of deep history if your study the country at that time through history to today... After the war hate groups misused that symbol to spew hate and fear... I agree the flag became tainted from that, but it is heritage in the history of the battle flag..
2007-10-16 08:28:25 · answer #4 · answered by Antiliber 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Its race-baiting. It's just a weak excuse.
And the souths efforts to expand slavery into the rest of the country is THE issue that started the Civil War.
2007-10-16 08:25:44 · answer #5 · answered by oohhbother 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Er....excuse me.
I was born and raised in North Carolina - Southerner born and bred - and I most certainly do NOT consider the Confederate flag to "represent my heritage."
Please don't generalize.
And the gentleman who pointed out that the Civil War was hardly "just about slavery" is absolutely accurate.
2007-10-16 08:23:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Why do you people insist on turning everything into a racist issue? I live in the south and am not from the south, therefore, that flag means nothing to me.
At the same time, those people who turn everything racist are also the people who probably protest against their own nation by burning the U.S. flag. The one that truly means something..... And they likely think nothing of it.
The irony... eh?
2007-10-16 08:43:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Why did Michael Vick say that dog fighting was part of his heritage?
2007-10-16 08:32:30 · answer #8 · answered by brokenheartsyndrome 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It does represent their racist heritage, and so does white sheets and burning crosses.
2007-10-16 08:29:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
If you think that the only reason behind the Civil War was slavery you missed an important part of history.
2007-10-16 08:19:46 · answer #10 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 3⤊ 6⤋