My ancestors were free blacks in Virginia, and fought in the Revolutionary
War from that state. By the Civil War they were in the North, and fought on
the Union side (the winning side). They were forced to leave the land of
the ancestors, by the poor whites who were immigrating from England, and
Ireland. These groups felt threatened by a class of blacks who were free,
and actually living better than many whites.
New Yorkers may be racist, but they are not trying to get Kkk license
plates. Many of the urban blacks mentioned by Billy are leaving the south
looking for better opportunities in the north. This writer seems to have a
limited knowledge of what is happening in America. He writes as if there are
no trailer parks, and white folks in jail, nor unwed white women. The only
quotes he gives are negatives ones from the Urban north. That is what makes
him look racist, and bigoted, his lack of skills in assessing what is really
going on. It is not so much a case of racism, as ignorance of history.
Anita Wills
Notes and Documents of Free Persons of Color: 299 pges, appendix, biblio,
endnotes, index: LeBoudin Publishing:
http://www.cafeshops.com/leboudin.8596808, $24.00
>From: Billy Bearden <[log in to unmask]>
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>Greeting's Y'all
> I've just recently joined this list, due to the fact that someone from
>this
>list has pointed out to me there is some "Flag Bashers" amongst the
>membership. I happen to respect the Confederate Flag(s) and they represent
>no hatred in
>my use of them.
>
> I am a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and just as Dr
>Hardwick
>describes, most are comfortable middle class folk hailing from various
>proffesional backgrounds. I am also a son of Virginia, born in Newport
>News, raised in
>Hampton & married in Williamsburg.
>
> I have read where Professor Finkelman has praised a website that
>informs
>it's readers of the 'many southern state flags that were changed in
>defiance of
>integration' ,and currently living in Georgia , where that charge has been
>labled against this state's flag from 1956, I can say after months of
>indepth
>research and conversations with the men most responsible (Gov Vandiver,
>Judge
>John Sammons Bell) for that change , and sworn oath testimony from Rep
>Denmark
>Groover - both the info on that website and any further perpetuation of
>that
>propaganda is a willful LIE !
> Also all other southern state flags were adopted in the late 1800's and
>early 1900's , with the exception of Arkansas, which added a single star to
>an
>already overcrowded star studded flag to represent their membership in the
>Confederate states. How any learned mind could come to the conclusion that
>'50's
>southern non existant mass flag changing is somehow related to the northern
>integration rulings was involved is astounding....
>
> Dr Hardwick asks about southern white males. I will tell you that a
>recent
>survey finds that the TOP 10 segregated cities in America belong to the
>NORTH.
>Is it still about 25% of all black males that are behind bars? Drug use,
>bastard children, skyrocketing crime rates, gangs. HIV & AIDS,
>unemployment, and
>leaders who are quick to remind us that the Confederate Flag is racist and
>a
>painful reminder of slavery, while demanding that Colonial Williamsburg,
>Carter's Grove Plantation and the National Park Service INCLUDE the living
>history
>interpreters of 'painful reminders of slavery' - all while ignoring the
>current
>slavery that thrives in modern day Africa.
>
> Thanks for y'all's time. I would appreciate y'all's thoughts on those
>issues
>W. E. Bill Bearden
>Georgia
>
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