Support for the Confederate Battle Flag in the Southern United States: Racism or Southern Pride? by Joshua D. Wright, Victoria M. Esses

“…Using cluster-analysis we were able to distinguish four distinct sub-groups of White Southerners: Cosmopolitans, New Southerners, Traditionalists, and Supremacists. The greatest support for the Confederate battle flag is seen among Traditionalists and Supremacists; however, Traditionalists do not display blatant negative racial attitudes toward Blacks, while Supremacists do. …”
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