William Gibson Brings Us Excerpts From Neo-Confederate Literature

"Slavery as it existed in the South was not an adversarial relationship with pervasive racial animosity. Because of its dominantly patriarchal character, it was a relationship based upon mutual affection and confidence." p. 24

Oh my god. This is pretty unbelievable. I don't know what the impetus for this is, but apparently this is being taught to children in the South...

Students at one of the area's largest Christian schools are reading a controversial booklet that critics say whitewashes Southern slavery with its view that slaves lived "a life of plenty, of simple pleasures."

Um, I don't know what the hell they think they're doing... and this is no excuse:

"You can have two different sides, a Northern perspective and a Southern perspective," he said.

You really can't. It was something that happened one way. Well, obviously it happened millions of way over hundreds of years, but it was one thing, not two. This is literally making me sick to my stomach, and until someone proves to me that the "Northern" view of slavery is a sham, I will continue to feel sick and sad for my country.  ¶
- david | 1:58 PM