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Declare ‘Confederate Southern American' on Census forms, group says
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Mar 29, 2010 10:55am |
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| Author | Rhonda Cook |
| News Date | Friday, March 26, 2010 06:05:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Southern Legal Resource Center is calling on self-proclaimed "Confederates" to declare their heritage when they are counted in the 2010 Census.
The organization is urging Southerners to declare their “heritage and culture” by classifying themselves as “Confederate Southern Americans” on the line on the form, question No. 9, that asks for race. Check “other” and write “Confed Southern Am” on the line beside it, the group says on its Facebook page and on two YouTube videos.
“A significant number of Southerners identifying themselves as Confederate Southern Americans on the Census form could finally spell the beginning of the end for the discrimination that has been running rampant, especially for the last 20 years or so, against all things Confederate, and for that matter against Southern heritage and identity in general,” SLRC executive director Roger McCredie said in a written statement.
He said this campaign could result in protections for “Confederate Southern Americans” much like those for other groups. |
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