"States' rights" is now a loaded term because it is inextricably intertwined with the historical revisionism around the Civil War. Basically, some white suprem

"States' rights" is now a loaded term because it is inextricably intertwined with the historical revisionism around the Civil War. Basically, some white supremacists argue the Civil War wasn't about slavery, it was about states' rights. It wasn't. There's plenty of historical evidence and facts to debunk this. But even if true, the particular right in question was to own black people as property.