Virginia campus removes Confederate flags

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33. Nope, I am a Yankee.

The difference in narrative is exemplified by the difference in perception of the Confederate battle flag. Many whites see it as a symbol of their Southern heritage, most blacks see it as the very symbol of racism. This is what I mean by a different narrative. I'm not saying that there are not cultural commonalities.

I get that.

Large numbers of whites in the South not supporting racist policies certainly doesn't translate at the ballot box. The voter i.d. movement in the South is clear evidence of that.

I am in an interracial marriage, I am white, my wife black, I've lived all over the US, though not in the South, I've read extensively on racial history, and the Civil War, and Reconstruction, etc.