Originally Posted by redietz View Post
In academia, being correct is what makes or breaks you. You would be hard-pressed to find more than a handful of history academics defending the notion that the Civil War was not primarily about slavery.

What gets lost sometimes is the international tide had already turned against slavery. The U.S. was slow to move.

The national anthem -- if you're black, you really shouldn't be standing for it. Just read the third stanza. Of course, this begs the question, why should anyone be standing for it? The third stanza seems pretty blatant to me.
You failed to mention the 3rd stanza was cut out of the song long ago.