Quiz 6

The Web page www.dixienet.org, was a homepage for the League of the South. This group is one of people who are Southern Nationalists. This group has a main goal of being known as a free and independent Southern republic. To reach that goal, they are going to create a climate for a free South among their people by 1) de-legitimating the American Empire at every opportunity; 2) by proving our willingness to be servant-leaders to the Southern people; and 3) by making The League of the South a strong, viable organization that will lead us to Southern independence. They want to encourage and make sure that their members stay away from the post-Christian America. They are saying that the people in the group are all Anglo Saxon because they were the real founders of the American land, and they didn't want to sabatage the "image" of the United States by introducing “aliens” to the country. Most people think of bad things in the south when it has to deal with blacks and whites. This group is a little different. They asked the President of the group this question “What are your views of blacks in the south?” his response was one of a surprise, “The League of the South disavows a spirit of malice and extends an offer of good will and cooperation to Southern blacks in areas where we can work together as Christians to make life better for all people in the South. We affirm that, while historically the interests of Southern blacks and whites have been in part antagonistic, true Constitutional government would provide protection to all law-abiding citizens — not just to government-sponsored victim groups.”
This website was a surprise to me. At first glance I would have thought it was a group that was a whites only group that was very closed minded and like most of the groups that came from the south. I was completely wrong. The group is not only open minded towards other races but they are a Bible based organization. Learning more about what the group is and what thet stand for made me excited to keep reading and knowing more. It made me look at the south just a little bit different. Maybe things are changing in the south between some people.