Southern author: Banishing Confederate relics ‘a danger to the preservation and study of history’

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A Georgia native who recently penned a book that pays homage to Southern history and culture said that current efforts to eradicate from campuses any and all relics of the Old South or the Confederacy are misguided and “present a danger to the preservation and study of history.”

Chris Queen, a freelance writer, University of Georgia alum, and author of “Football, Faith, and Flannery O’Connor: A Love Letter to the South,” recently spoke to The College Fix regarding the flurry of demands by college students and faculty to remove from campuses reminders of the Old South – such as statues and flags.

“I believe that completely getting rid of these symbols does present a danger to the preservation and study of history. 

Any genuine understanding of the South — good and bad — must include an understanding of the culture of the era of slavery,” Queen said via email.

Today, a main critique against Southern symbols on college campuses reasons they are reminders of slavery and oppression and are better suited for museums. Queen does not buy that argument.

“My gut reaction is to say that those rationales are based on hypersensitivity and thin skin. That may actually be true for some of these advocates, but I think that many of these people see the love of Southern culture in the wrong light,” he said.

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