Lucie the Lake: “Please, let’s NOT debate the U.S. Civil War here! That was ONE foreign professor’s experience while visiting UA. If you have an issue with him, shoot him an email. Or, better yet, hunt down the dad who made the actual comment!”
It was not my intention to debate the Civil War. I don’t see why you are so bothered by me providing facts that undermine the demonization of the South. You posted the quote. I didn’t attack you. I just shared my perspective. Has it ever crossed your mind that maybe the South continues to have such a bad rep partly because of the relatively unchallenged, and dominant, but false Good and Evil narrative of the war between the states, which was delivered with gusto by the victor? I would like people to be aware of facts that challenge that Black and White or Manichean narrative. Southerners have the right to share their narrative too, even as we increasingly embrace diversity.