 Even before the colonies separated from Great Britain in 1776, the South has had an adversarial relationship with the Yankees of the north, who, because of their arrogance, have demeaned Southern culture and forcefully tried to transform Southrons into Yankees. Southerners tried to put an end to that in 1861 but were unsuccessful, which resulted in even greater domination of the South by Yankees and their ideas over us these last 159 years. Motivating Southerners to throw off the Yankee yoke is difficult because of this: Yankee ways are so ingrained, Yankee power is so strong (through the federal government bureaucracy, media of various sorts, and giant corporations), that few desire to challenge it, even if it means the complete annihilation of Southern culture. It is at this point of despair that Dixie can gain a good measure of hope from her African cousins in Senegal. Like Dixie, she has long been dominated by the equally boastful (equal to the Yankees, that is) French elite, who established a presence in Senegal in the 17th century. Even after her independence in 1960, French influence continued to overshadow her. But the presidential election in Senegal this past March has upended the status quo, as evidenced by the response of the upper French classes:
The quote at the end equally applies to the Yankee-Southron relationship: ‘If a Dixian is praised by a Yankee, you can be certain he is betraying his people; but if a Yankee criticizes a Dixian, this latter fellow is doing something good for the South.’ The author of the article goes on to say,
The Yankee Empire, like the French Empire, is diminishing in the world, thanks to evil actions of its own as well as to wise and prudent actions of other countries like Russia, China, India, Iran, and others. The South, thus far, has not contributed in any large measure to that decline. Yet it would be to the glory of the Southern people if someday someone would write of us that ‘Yankee imperialism found its grave in Dixie.’ But in order to reach such a decisive stage of development, the South will need to achieve what Senegal has of late:
Pride in Southern culture, an economy that benefits Southerners and not Yankee exploiters and usurers, cultural and political independence from Yankees – we have a long way to go, but if little Senegal can find the wherewithal to do this, cannot we at the South succeed also, we who have many more resources at our disposal to resist and depose the Yankee oppressors than the Senegalese have against the French?
It would truly be shameful for the Muslims to, yet again, outshine the Christians in their duty to oust foreigners who trample upon their long-held and sacred traditions. From parents in Dearborn, Michigan, to Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan, to Senegalese voters and their new president, Muslims around the world have been doing just that. May God rouse us here at the South from our apathy so that we will defend the better tradition, the Christian tradition, of our ancestors against the Yankee vandals.
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