"The Confederate States of America came into existence to preserve African American slavery and white supremacy. After slavery's legal abolition, the defenders of white supremacy quite logically looked back upon the slaveholders' republic as their true forebears. If the country is at last really ready to cease celebrating and honoring the Confederacy and its symbols, it should do so with a full awareness of the long and poisonous traditions that makes this necessary."
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Bruce Levine, "The Confederate Flag Was Always Racist: Modern-day racists who brandish Confederate symbols are not distorting their meaning." (27 June 2015), Politico.
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