I used to see the Confederate flag as a symbol of racism.

That was when I was educated via the public school system.


Now I recognize the South, and the civil war for that matter, in a totally new light. The civil war was about state's rights first and slavery second.


The Confederate States were every bit as patriotic and American as the North. Maybe even more so.


Read a few books outside the public education system and you learn a thing or two about a thing or two.