Simultaneously, he also weaves into his narrative the experiences of an array of black historical figures whose stories are largely unknown. This is made clear to the reader from the start, when he states: “I must tell my story as honestly as possible, even though it reveals a racist past, my own racist past” (15). As he indicates in the book’s title, the author confronts his past and reflects on how his own life story is indelibly linked to particular aspects of America’s racist historical trajectory. Written in a highly readable style, his narrative is mainly in the form of a confessional tale. Seidule’s book consists of seven chapters, an introduction, and an epilogue. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause. It is this thick layer of residue of the southern racist, Confederate, and segregationist ideology that Ty Seidule lays bare for the reader in his book titled, Robert E. This flag, however, is just one of numerous symbols of the Confederacy that circulate and are embedded in American society and political culture. The Confederate Battle Flag took on a new meaning after the defeat of the South, symbolizing continuing southern resistance, racism, white supremacy, and segregation. Significantly, something lost in the minds of many Americans is recognizing that this flag does not just refer to this war that divided a country and caused the deaths of over six hundred thousand Americans. One might have assumed that the myths and distortions of the past had had their day of reckoning and that the causes, results, and lessons of the US Civil War had been learned by all Americans.
It is both a disturbing and sobering image of where the United States of America is today. There were many traumatic developments on that day, but for me a particular image that stands out in my mind, and has relevance to the book that will be reviewed, is the image of a man walking in the halls and chambers of the US Capitol Building holding a Confederate Battle Flag.
On Januthe US Capitol Building was stormed by a mob of riotous Trump supporters that were intent on preventing the certification of the 2020 presidential election of President elect Biden. ISBN: 9781250239266Īuthor: Joseph Gratale, The American College of Thessaloniki-Greece
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