# So....will playing "Dixie" be deemed racist?

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**Created:** [August 17, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-playing-dixie-be-deemed-racist/793921 "2017-08-17T23:38:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-playing-dixie-be-deemed-racist/793921/29 "2017-08-18T12:23:05Z")

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Because more people should read it

> [@What should we do with confederate monuments and statues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-do-with-confederate-monuments-and-statues/793694/267):
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> The NY Review of Books has ungated this great McPherson essay:[Southern Comfort](http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2001/04/12/southern-comfort/).

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