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Real rebels of the American South are subverting racist history, freaking out the KKK

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Real rebels of the American South are subverting racist history, freaking out the KKK Empty Real rebels of the American South are subverting racist history, freaking out the KKK

Post by Ben Reilly Sun Jul 05, 2015 11:34 pm

Instead of erasing history, according to (University of Mississippi) English professor Chris Offutt, progressive staff have worked to subvert it. For instance, Vardaman Hall – named for one of Mississippi’s most bitterly racist governors – now houses the Institute for Racial Reconciliation. James K Vardaman, who once declared himself willing to lynch “every negro in the state”, would hate it.

In recent years the school has stopped deploying the Confederate battle flag at official functions, and a few years ago it abolished its mascot, Colonel Reb.

Those moves caused an uproar among locals, some of whom didn’t know the original meanings of the cherished symbols – or that Colonel Reb, with his cavalry hat, was an officer in the army fighting to preserve slavery.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/04/progressive-american-south-flag-klansman-next-door

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