My Southern Heritage: What to leave in, what to leave out
I am a native of the South. Born and raised in Memphis, TN. A cursory glance at Wikipedia should confirm that my life is about as steeped in Southern heritage and history as anyone’s can be. I have seldom thought much about it. It was just there. But recent events have driven my cultural heritage out into the open and is spilling out of my TV with increasing frequency and intensity. It has been given voice by many people invoking “Southern heritage” on all sides of the controversy surrounding the mounting trend of removing State-sponsored Confederate monuments from public spaces that is sweeping across environsRead More →