ill take my stand in dixie net

In the article “I’ll Take My Stand in Dixie-Net” by Tara McPherson cyberspace seems to be the place where people can express their views without pushing the boundaries of race. The article explains how she came about the neo-confederate sites that explained how people wanted the south to be today and how people viewed such sites. When the sites have such slogans as, “Preserving OUR heritage is preserving YOUR heritage” they mean white people from the south.
People are glad that the cyber net has overcome boundaries of race in a way that people do not feel like discrimination is a problem or such an issue as it was years ago. Others believe that the cyber net is a place where people can have multiple identities to but has the “ability to destroy one’s sense of place.” Race and identity have been major issues throughout the years but people may think the cyber net doe not apply when it comes to those terms. When the author told her friends about going to such sites they responded with grimaces and questions about why someone would even go to such sites consisting of “rednecks and racists.” Many of these sites try to uphold the meaning of a confederate and southern heritage. They also explain the heritage violations meaning the people who try and ban the confederate flag. Other sites may talk about what a southern woman must be like and provokes images of a black male rapist. Such stereotypes make it hard for people to even look at such sites because it is almost as if you’re an active participant with these sites you are racist or you HAVE to be racist.
Why do these people want the south to remain like it was so many years ago? After everything that has changed over the years society has become more accepting to different races and cultures than ever before. These people can have their sites and express their personal views, but not everyone will agree with their views. Overall the south is not going to change into what it used to be, but if these white southerners feel it should be changed they have a right to think that, but in reality society will not go back to its “old ways.”
I thought the reading was decent and it made me think about the cyber net a little more. There are so many good and bad sites out today but I really do not even realize, or take notice, to such sites.