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Mexico. that was the sticking point. in fact, the vice presidency of the confederacy, alexander stevens, stood up and said right after lincoln was elected that all the other issues had been resolved. the trade issues, the tariff issues, the tax issues. they had all been resolved. the only remaining factor according to the vice president of the confederate government was the institution of african slavery, which, i should point out, he said was a wonderful, moral, and god-ordained system of gover...

At keller.edu. ( tires screeching ) theres never been a better time... ( tires squealing ) to have bad tires. come to meinekand save $20 on two or more tires. at meineke, youre always the driver. welcome back to our conversation. virginias governor opened up old wounds declaring april confederate history month and leafing slavery out of the equation. we have been talking with a panel of three civil war enactors, tim and lisa knight, here in atlanta, and h.k. edgarton joins us by satellite.

Smart they are. you still own and control them. theyre not free. i dont get your point. i dont understand. i want to bring in these guys, lisa and tim again. the reason -- i dont think anyone is saying, even roland, anyone is saying that we should not learn about the confederacy and not learn about the history of this country. i understand that. i understand that. i am a southerner. i grew up in the south. so i know what its about. but you dont understand that its insulting and hurtful to some p...

Re-enactors who want to bring the battlefield back to life. and we have a whole panel of johnny rebs joining us right now. tim and lisa knight are here with me in atlanta. nen theres h.k. edgarton live in north carolina. good to see all of you. dont be nervous. were just talking. people want to lear from all of you. so thank you very much. what do you guys think about the controversy thats going on with the governor and with the proclamation? >> as far as from the state of georgia is concerned h...

( tires screeching ) theres never been a better time... ( tires squealing ) to have bad tires. come to meinekand save $20 on two or more tires. at meineke, youre always the driver. an uproar in virginia this week after the governor declared april confederate history month without any mention of slavery. later he said he was sorry and changed the proclamation. well, tonight weve heard from three civil war re-enactors who see nothing wrong with honoring the confederacy and what it stood for. but...

Im still talking to you. >> thats the sad part about this thing. the pompiety of all these folks including black folks who presume to assume the slave was all he did was to pick cotton and beans and sugar cane. he was a very intelligent man. this man could do everything. >> okay, mr. edgarton. anyway, lets bring back -- i cant let you go on with that because that part is going to upset me when you talk about slavery. no one wants to be a slave, black, white, or whatever. >> i never said that. >>...

Going to abolish slavery. thats what they believed. they were worried, for example, they would not be able to have slaves in the newly acquired territories to the west. in fact, the vice presidency of the con fed see stood up and said right after lincoln was arrested that all of the other issues had been resolved. the obama remaining factor was the institution of african slavery which, i should point out, was a wonderful, moral, and god ordained his stem of government, for anyone to -- >> tim wi...

Stevens, stood up and said right after lincoln was elected that all the other issues had been resolved, the trade issues, the tariff issues, the tax issues. they had all been resolved. the only remaining factor, according to the vice president of the confederate government, was the institution of african slavery, which which i should point out he said was a wonderful, moral, and god-ordained system of government. for anyone to want to commemorate the confederacy when its own leaders said that th...

The confederacy were forced to do so. look, im from the south. i had folks in my family that owned slaves. and their slaves didnt have any choice but to go away with them when they went to war. its not like they could say no, you know what, i think im going to stay at home, thank you for the offer. you know, thats the point. when youre someones property, you do what they tell you to do. the reality is, and these re-enactors know it, there is not a single case of any black person in the north run...

Here. ben zimmer, thank you. marc lamont hill, you know this. quick, whats the solution here? where do we go from here? i mean really quickly. >> we need to change the language. the language reflects our sensibilities. but in addition to changing the language we also need to change our practice and really address structural race and racism in this country. >> same thing, tim. five seconds. >> marcs right. you have to bring me back and ill tell you more. >> okay. thanks to all of you. ben zimmer,...