Why the South doth prevail (and why to some extent it didn't)
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A 1957 essay by William F. Buckley, Why the South Must Prevail, was making the rounds on Twitter last night (thanks to Erik Kleefeld). In it, Buckley pretends to some regard for the ultimate welfare of Southern "negroes" but asserts that Southern whites have the right to preserve their cultural superiority by denying their black neighbors the right to vote --because "the claims of civilization supersede those of universal suffrage."
Why the South doth prevail (and why to some extent it didn't)
Why the South doth prevail (and why to some…
Why the South doth prevail (and why to some extent it didn't)
A 1957 essay by William F. Buckley, Why the South Must Prevail, was making the rounds on Twitter last night (thanks to Erik Kleefeld). In it, Buckley pretends to some regard for the ultimate welfare of Southern "negroes" but asserts that Southern whites have the right to preserve their cultural superiority by denying their black neighbors the right to vote --because "the claims of civilization supersede those of universal suffrage."