On 12/20/2010 9:27 PM, Mike Palij wrote:
Charleston, South Carolina, Hello! How better to remember the
150th anniversary of South Carolina's secession from the U.S.
then to hold a "Secession Ball"! Here's a USA Today news story
on the joyful activities:
http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/dispatches/post/2010/12/charlestons-succession-ball-a-contentious-start-to-civil-wars-150th-anniversary/135669/1
Here's a quote from the article on what is being celebrated:
|"War and death is never something to celebrate. But we do
|celebrate the courage and the integrity of 170 men who signed
|their signatures to the Article of Secession – the courage of
|men to do what they think is right."
To do what they think is right....
Here's the website of the organizers of the celebration:
http://www.scsecessiongala.org/index.html
There is a schedule of events on the website and it doesn't look
like they're going to show D.W. Griffith's masterpiece "The Birth
of a Nation", a film based on the novel "The Clansman" (sic!)
which would seem to be consistent with the spirit of the event.
Historically, "The Birth of a Nation" was a cinematic landmark
while being one of perhaps one of the most racist films ever made.
The Ku Klux Klan is actually portrayed as the heros in the film.
Wikipedia (yadda-yadda) has an entry on the film and here is a
quote about the ideology embodied in the film:
Hi Mike:
The "sic" is not needed since the original title is "The Clansman."
See http://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/dixonclan/dixon.html
The illustration at the beginning of the book is worth the price
of a click.
Ken
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Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [email protected]
Professor
Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
USA
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