Word: racism
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...Confederacy was founded on principles of black subjugation, and the Southern whites who restored its flag to prominence during the '50s used this flag to demonstrate their desire to continue the domination of black citizens. When has the white South made formal moral or material restitution for its racism that could even begin to redeem the rebel flag...
Some Southerners also took issue with my assertion that for much of this century, most whites below the Mason-Dixon line exhibited moral and intellectual qualities that were rather bestial. This statement neither condemns all Southern whites nor excuses the North's racism. For most of the 20th century, almost all white Americans have held warped and loathsome racial views. But the South created a particularly hellish, suffocating environment for black Americans...
Today, the improvement that the white South has shown is mostly attributable to the effects of the civil rights movement. Prior to this crusade, Dixie's inbred racism was choking out most prospects for cultural betterment...
Moran said that at a time when first-year students are about to receive their house assignments, it is unfortunate that Mather, which is supportive of all students, has been tarred with a brush of racism...
PITCHFORK PAT BUCHANAN AND HIS DEVOTEES CLAIM WHITE RACISM IS NO longer a problem. He should visit the Black Belt of Alabama, where African-American churches are being torched, a black judge's home has been shotgunned, and people generally feel under siege. From this vantage, it might not seem so wise to keep waving the Confederate flag and pretending there is no difference between singing Dixie and We Shall Overcome...