You'll want to check out the "Lost Cause" narrative, which used to be (still is?) deeply entrenched in the South: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cause_of_t

You'll want to check out the "Lost Cause" narrative, which used to be (still is?) deeply entrenched in the South: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy