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Symbol of Southern Heritage 0

In The Roanoke Times, Virginia Tech professon Wornie Reed deconstructs the symbolism. (Hint: It ain’t rum punch on the veranda, folks.)

Here’s a bit (emphasis added).

Since 1865, a key function of the CBF has been to express resistance to the integration of African Americans into the American society — first at the advent of Jim Crow and later as a symbol of resistance to the Civil Rights Movement.

The “Southern Heritage” it celebrates is the heritage of chattel slavery. All the rest is window treatments.

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