"Q: Some white Southerners say they're proud of their Southern ancestors and complain that Southern history is remembered only in the context of slavery. Does Southern history get an unfair rap?

A: What do you think Southern history is? What do they think their ancestors were fighting for in the Civil War? Maintaining slavery was a key aspect of what the fight of states' rights was about. ... So you can say that you were proud of your Southern heritage, but Southern heritage was about slavery, apartheid, Jim Crow, racism, racial terror, sexual violence, etc., etc. Southern history is problematic."

Although the article was on balance fairly even handed, I would like to have seen a follow up question to the professor's broad charges. Stan