I don't see it as racist in this case. But I do believe it is a bit revisionist (or naïve) to downplay the fact that the confederacy was in large part an effort to preserve a clearly racist institution. I realize that many non-racist people want to cling to the romsntic or benign aspects of that era but they need to undertand that the romance of that time can't be looked at or celebrated without bringing to mind the bad.
Agree?
I certainly agree.
What the governor is doing is not "racist", any more than creating the novel and movie
Gone With the Wind were "racist".
It's simply an attempt to emphasize other aspects of the Southern U.S. in that era, proud and noble aspects, beyond a sole focus on slavery.
