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But Rose and I are an interracial couple, and I feel better not looking for trouble when I don't have to.

I think that most areas of the Deep South (outside of the back woods) are finally over that sort of crap! You would probably have more trouble in Philadelphia!

One would think so, but I don't take chances if I can help it. There were news stories 2-3 years ago about Louisiana cops pulling over and harrassing interracial couples with out-of-state plates, travelling on I-10. So, the attitudes still exist some places. I figure they're more likely to exist in places where there was strong feeling in the first place. So, I avoid those places.

I think that most areas of the Deep South (outside of the back woods) are finally over that sort of crap!

I think we're over the overt activity. But the attitudes still exist, on both sides. (Try living in the Capital of the Confederacy). I worked a campaign ticket back in the 80s where one of our candidates was running against an African American gentleman. Our candidate actually said in an interview "I understood the principles of massive resistance..."

Even though he was "our" guy, after a stupid statement like that he deserved to lose.

I must admit I appreciate my southern heritage, but I know there was a lot of ugly there too. I am a legitimate Son of the Confederacy and I'm fascinated by that history and have attempted to find out more of my family. But I've never joined the organization. It's one thing to respect the past, which I do. But I don't want to live in it.