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The Confederate Flag: Southern Heritage or Racial Bias?

Dino Falaschetti
Florida State Law; Hoover Institution

May 22, 2007

FSU College of Law, Law and Economics Paper No. 07-016

Abstract:
Drawing on a unique data set that matches legislative votes on the Confederate flag to electoral support for an anti-miscegenation law, I find evidence that legislators with "anti-miscegenation" constituents are the flag's most likely supporters. To the extent that opposing the right to marry across races reveals a preference for discrimination, support for the flag appears to have lacked motivation from an unbiased Southern heritage.

Keywords: Confederate battle flag, southern heritage, racial bias, discrimination

JEL Classifications: D63, D72, D78, J71, J78

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Date posted: May 23, 2007 ; Last revised: November 20, 2007

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Falaschetti, Dino, The Confederate Flag: Southern Heritage or Racial Bias? (May 22, 2007). FSU College of Law, Law and Economics Paper No. 07-016. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=988225

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Dino Falaschetti (Contact Author) Florida State Law ( email ) 425 W. Jefferson Street Tallahassee, FL 32306-1601 United States HOME PAGE: http://web.mac.com/drfal
Hoover Institution ( email ) 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6010 United States HOME PAGE: http://web.mac.com/drfal

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Date posted: May 23, 2007 ; Last revised: November 20, 2007

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Dino Falaschetti (Contact Author)