Yesterday I briefly touched on a story out of Valdese, North Carolina involving Reverend Herman White, who was asked to address a group of students as part of the area’s Founders Day Festival. Rev. White shared his own version of the region’s history that included stories of loyal and happy slaves and other scenes out of his Lost Cause playbook. The most disturbing aspect of this story is that the entire situation was easily avoidable. A number of people associated with the school administration claimed that they could not know what Mr. White would touch on in his remarks.
Unfortunately, even a basic online search would have raised any number of red flags. This is the same Rev. White who was responsible for the course at Randolph Community College back in 1998 in which he spewed his racist nonsense of happy slaves and tens of thousands of loyal black Confederate soldiers. Clearly, this man doesn’t belong anywhere near students in a learning environment. I blame the school officials for not taking the proper steps to do even a simple background check on Rev. White.
I just noticed that Herman White has really been making the rounds with the VA Flaggers recently.
http://www.wset.com/story/29915052/va-flaggers-raise-more-confederate-flags-in-danville
http://m.martinsvillebulletin.com/news/rally-held-over-portrait/article_d3964f1e-59c9-11e5-b641-73dfc4c5ccc8.html?mode=jqm
He is quite a character.
Rev White is an honourable man! God bless him and save the South, I mean Dixie! Deo Vindice
What a disgrace to the Ministry! I know some ” Pro-South” Preachers but none of them would have spewed out such garbage to School Children.
What’s the matter? Afraid that students will hear a point of view that is different from your own? Your discomfort comes through loud and clear in your post and it pleases me to no end. LOL!!!
Hi Bill,
Nice to hear from you.
I’d say the good reverend hits the nail on the head. Historical accuracy isn’t always politically correct. I’d rather being hated for being correct then liked for being(wilfully)ignorant ie: liberals. This coming from a yankee whose ancestors fought on the wrong side during the War of Northern Aggression.
Mr. Reb,
I’m sure there are plenty of people out there who agree with you. Thanks for stopping by.
You have been found out…
http://www.lsrebellion.blogspot.com/
Corey,
Thanks for the link. The guy is harmless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xw3qhAmv90&feature=related
Is this the same man in the Weary Clyburn video at :35 that also includes your good buddy Earl Ijames?
There does seem to be a resemblance, but I can’t be sure.
The resemblance is definitely sufficient for a probable cause warrant.
Pathetic. Worse yet, he isn’t the only rev. singing the same song and with membership ties to the SCV.
Here’s another nice gem from Rev. White, from 2003. Bonus points that this text is described as a “sermon:”
And that was before we had a Black president.
Oh, and double-plus unreconstructed rebel points for writing “NAACP” in all-lower-case letters.
These are the same whackos who argued during the civil rights movement that opposition to Jim Crow was a communist conspiracy. I hope there is indeed a heaven and that God has the power to place Mr. White on a plantation as a slave. Then he will get to see how enjoyable slavery really was.