That's BS. The South has a different culture because White's have imposed Jim Crow laws, segregation, lynchings, and black voter suppression. All of those statues were erected to intimidate African-Americans. Honestly, why are they erecting a statue to a man who led a losing Army against the USA? You won't find statues of George the III or Hitler or Mussolini or Tojo in the USA. And just White Rebels. And where are the statues to black African-Americans?