Highbrow Magazine - south carolina https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/south-carolina en Escape to Daufuskie Island https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/23462-escape-daufuskie-island <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/travel" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Travel</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Thu, 03/02/2023 - 17:23</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1dafuskie.jpg?itok=OYBczhs9"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1dafuskie.jpg?itok=OYBczhs9" width="480" height="360" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">The second I board the ferry for the 30-minute ride from Hilton Head, the sultry sea breezes cavorting across the upper deck wash away the daily grind. I’m headed to Daufuskie Island, one of South Carolina’s remote Sea Islands, accessible only by boat. And I am unprepared for the surprises this unassuming island has to offer. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Although Hilton Head’s famous lighthouse rises in the distance across the water, Daufuskie is a step back in time. Arrowheads dating back over 9,000 years point to ancient Native American hunting parties, though one of its most intriguing eras takes place after the Emancipation Proclamation, when recently freed enslaved individuals purchased small plots of land and worked for the island’s large landowners. It was never an easy life, but it was a free life, with traditions handed down generation to generation.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2dafuskie.jpg" style="height:650px; width:488px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Island Heritage</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">The first night, I meet <a href="https://www.sallieannrobinson.com/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Chef Sallie Ann Robinson</a> at a local catered event. She hands me one of her famous deviled crabs—a Lowcountry, spiced-crabcake-like specialty served in a crab shell, this one based on her family’s age-old secret recipe.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">She’s a sixth-generation Daufuskie Islander—her great-great grandfather built the First Union African Baptist Church. They’re Gullah, a culture that developed in the Sea Islands’ 18<sup>th</sup>-century rice fields. Enslaved African Americans from a diversity of countries spoke different languages, and modified the English language with aspects of their own African tongues so they could speak to one other. Experts thought the language would die out as young African Americans left the island in the mid-20<sup>th</sup> century to escape poverty, just as Robinson did. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">“I went away to nursing school,” Robinson says. She didn’t realize how special the island was until she left. “The freedom, the people, the pure joy of living off the land. I didn’t know where my food was coming from,” she says. She was used to picking vegetables from the fields and pulling fish from the water, not sorting through packaged foodstuffs at the grocery store.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3dafuskie.jpg" style="height:488px; width:650px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">“Don’t get mad; do something about it,” is her motto. And so she did. “I started writing late at night.” She wrote about the ways her grandmother eked a living off the island, because they didn’t have grocery stores or hospitals. She published several cookbooks, including <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=cooking+the+gullah+way&amp;crid=1Z478Q1ULEHJ0&amp;sprefix=cooking+the+gullah+way%2Caps%2C144&amp;ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_2_22" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><em>Cooking the Gullah Way, Morning, Noon, and Night</em></a><em> </em>and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gullah-Home-Cooking-Daufuskie-Way-ebook/dp/B00LPMIYQY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Y9M6BJP6HD31&amp;keywords=gullah+home+cooking+the+daufuskie+way&amp;qid=1675100145&amp;sprefix=gullah+home+cooking+the+daufuskie+wa%2Caps%2C142&amp;sr=8-1" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way</a>. (No, the deviled crab recipe is not in any of them.)</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">But there’s more to the story. As a child, Robinson attended the one-room schoolhouse that still stands on the island today. Her teacher was a young man from nearby Beaufort, who used unorthodox teaching methods, including encouraging dancing and singing in the classroom, and calling the kids “punks,” much to the chagrin of the elderly superintendent. The teacher’s name was Pat Conroy, and he wrote about his experiences in his book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Water-Wide-Memoir-Pat-Conroy/dp/0553381571/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2NRUU01JZLDWP&amp;keywords=the+water+is+wide&amp;qid=1675100169&amp;sprefix=the+water+is+wid%2Caps%2C146&amp;sr=8-1" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><em>The Water is Wide</em></a>, featuring Robinson and her classmates—she’s Esther.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Robinson speaks fondly of Conroy, who of course went on to become the award-winning author. “He pushed us to look beyond the island’s borders, to see what was out there,” she says.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Eventually, she moved back to the island, where today she writes books, caters meals, and leads Gullah island tours, embracing her heritage and sharing it with others.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4dafuskie.jpg" style="height:650px; width:488px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Discovering the Island</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">To explore her island, I hop into a golf cart—there are few cars on this 5-mile-long by 2.5-mile-wide isle, and everyone travels by golf cart or bike.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">First stop, the little <a href="https://daufuskiemuseum.org/?doing_wp_cron=1666824833.5454080104827880859375" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Daufuskie Island History Museum</a>, with exhibits ranging from the arrowheads of prehistoric peoples to an early 19<sup>th</sup>-century family bible to military buttons to an enormous stuffed alligator. It’s housed in the old Mt. Carmel Baptist Church No. 2. Though the most engaging thing is the conversation I overhear between two local women: “He hasn’t been seen on the island in a while.” “I hear they’re no longer together.” </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Down the road is the Mary Fields School, built for the African-American children in the early 1930s. This is where Pat Conroy taught Sallie Ann Robinson and her fellow students. There’s a small exhibit with photos, but the place is now the <a href="https://www.daufuskieblues.com/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Daufuskie Blues</a>, where dresses, dish towels, and jackets dyed in the local indigo are for sale, absolutely gorgeous in their various shades of blue. One of the proprietors, Leanne Coulter, tells me that the practice of tie-dying dates back to the Japanese and their beautiful silk kimonos. Of course, Stateside, it was considered slavery’s other cash crop, with enslaved African Americans forced to toil under the burning sun. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">And that’s the one aspect of Daufuskie’s history, its 12 different plantations growing cotton and indigo. Tabby-walled single dwellings of enslaved individuals, among the best preserved in the South, are scattered about the island’s northern tip, on the site of the former indigo and cotton plantation. The private Haig Point community resides there now. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5dafuskie.jpg" style="height:488px; width:650px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">The island is heavily forested, and as I continue driving south in my little golf cart, I take in modest island houses tucked beneath towering pines. Next stop, Chase Allen’s <a href="https://ironfishart.com/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Iron Fish Gallery</a>. The young man has made a name for himself with his whimsical, colorful sea critters made from sheet metal—fish, crabs, lobsters, mermaids. I walk through the informal outdoor studio, taking in the brightly painted sculptures displayed on the walls. The mermaids, with their perky tails, are adorable. At the end of the corridor, a huge, tool-cluttered table stands in the middle of an industrial-looking yard, with a small house to one side.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Chase is home, and he greets me, chatting about Gullah history, where John Mellencamp lives, and who sells the best deviled crabs. What he doesn’t tell me, which I learn later, is that he has received high accolades for his work, including Martha Stewart’s “American-Made Winner” in 2014. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Down another road, I stumble across <a href="https://www.daufuskierum.com/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Daufuskie Island Distillery</a>, which uses local botanicals in its spirits; and elsewhere, a small little museum that speaks of the island’s oystering days.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Along the island’s southeastern shore, I drive along the water’s edge, taking in vast expanses of sea and sand, seabirds flitting about. There’s no one around for miles, so I park my golf cart and indulge in the warm sands, massaging my feet, firmly planted in the moment. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/6dafuskie.jpg" style="height:488px; width:650px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Where to Stay and Eat</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">There are not a lot of accommodations on the island. You can rent a house through <a href="https://www.vacationdaufuskiesc.com/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Daufuskie Rental Group</a>; Chase Allen rents a charming bungalow next to his studio through <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/25458525?adults=1&amp;children=0&amp;infants=0&amp;pets=0&amp;check_in=2023-02-02&amp;check_out=2023-02-07&amp;source_impression_id=p3_1675319186_hAwfoyuO2ba9PN4D" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Airbnb.</a> Another option is to purchase a horse or golf package at <a href="https://www.privatecommunities.com/southcarolina/haigpoint/discovery-package.htm" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Haig Point</a>. Stay in the 1873 lighthouse or historic Strachan Mansion, and enjoy all the perks of this gated community, including meals and free golf carts.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">There are a few restaurants, including <a href="https://www.daufuskiedifference.com/?utm_source=daufuskieisland.com&amp;utm_medium=referral" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Old Daufuskie Crab Company</a> and Bell’s at the Beach (no website); and no grocery stores other than <a href="https://www.hiltonheadisland.org/see-do/shopping/freeport-general-store-daufuskie-island" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Freeport Market</a>, which has a few staples but mostly snacks and soda (residents bring their groceries from the mainland, or use DoorDash or UberEats). But that’s what makes this lost-in-time isle so captivating.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/7dafuskie.jpg" style="height:488px; width:650px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Author Bio:</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Highbrow Magazine</strong><em><strong> Contributing Writer Barbara Noe Kennedy is an award-winning writer and editor, who specializes in travel writing. 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16:06</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1myrtlebeach_brandpoint.jpg?itok=4q1-x1gQ"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1myrtlebeach_brandpoint.jpg?itok=4q1-x1gQ" width="480" height="320" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Do you make vacation plans around well-known restaurants and tasty regional favorites? If so, you’ll want to explore the amazing array of culinary delights in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. With an eclectic mix of options from iconic Carolina Coastal Cuisine, to bold international flavors including Jamaican, Thai, Latin American, Italian and German/Austrian, The Beach provides everything your foodie heart desires.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand boast over 2,000 restaurants, making The Beach a memorable culinary destination.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2myrtlebeach_bootsbowsandbeaches-pixabay.jpg" style="height:434px; width:651px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Home of Carolina Coastal Cuisine</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Whether you seek recipes with rich local history handed down from the Gullah community or crave fresh seafood, you can find it in Myrtle Beach. A revolution in cooking over the last inspired many professional chefs to create “Carolina Coastal Cuisine,” putting their modern spin on traditional Lowcountry dishes.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Carolina Coastal derives from the wide array of regionally fished and grown foods. Chefs use local ingredients like Carolina rice, stone-ground grits, shrimp, blue crab, grouper, country ham, peaches and more in traditional recipes from the Gullah community. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">The Gullah people are African Americans descended from slaves brought to the Southern colonies in the early 18th century for their ability to cultivate rice. Most traditional Gullah foods are stewed, grilled or roasted, with very little fried. So if the idea of fresh, locally grown (and caught) food gets your mouth watering, look for restaurants designated “fresh on the menu” by the South Carolina Hospitality Alliance. To qualify for this designation, at least 25% of their ingredients have to be locally grown.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Here are some highlights of Carolina Coastal restaurants along the Grand Strand or in Murrells Inlet — the seafood capital of South Carolina:</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3myrtlebeach_ritae-pixabay.jpg" style="height:434px; width:651px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><a href="https://www.visitmyrtlebeach.com/listing/drunken-jacks/44/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Drunken Jack's</a> — If you crave fresh local seafood or hushpuppies with honey butter, this is the perfect spot. Enjoy crab cakes or clam chowder, followed by steak, shrimp or sea scallops created by Chef Casey Blake as you dine on the waterfront overlooking the beautiful MarshWalk and marina.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><a href="https://www.visitmyrtlebeach.com/listing/cypress-dining-room-at-island-vista/455/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Cypress Room</a> — Chef Mike McKinnon offers French-inspired New American cuisine using the finest fresh ingredients. You can also enjoy Lowcountry favorites like she-crab soup and jumbo lump crab cakes — with a floor-to-ceiling view of the ocean.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><a href="https://www.visitmyrtlebeach.com/listing/aspen-grille/506/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Aspen Grille</a> — Enjoy the creations of Chef Curry Martin, including golden fried calamari or fried gulf oysters, followed by entrees like prime beef or filet mignon with lobster tail, in an elegant fine dining atmosphere.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><a href="https://www.visitmyrtlebeach.com/listing/wicked-tuna/1190/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Wicked Tuna</a> — Two locations, in Myrtle Beach and Murrells Inlet, offer “hook to plate” dining. Maryland native Chef Dylan Foster offers fresh seafood dishes from mussels and Lowcountry shrimp and grits, to grilled salmon and more.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4myrtlebeach_thorstenf-pixabay.jpg" style="height:435px; width:652px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Explore the world at The Beach                 </strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">If international flavors are what you desire, you won’t be disappointed with the variety of global cuisine at Myrtle Beach. This is a small sampling of locations to discover:</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><a href="https://www.ciaomyrtlebeach.com/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Ciao!</a> is one of the Grand Strand’s best restaurants, with Chef Eugene Geni Hysa cooking up authentic Italian cuisine using the freshest ingredients, made in-house. Popular favorites include lasagna, lobster ravioli and linguine with clam sauce.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><a href="https://www.solcocinamexicana.com/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Sol Cocina Mexicana</a> is a high-end authentic Mexican restaurant consistently mentioned by local chefs as a favorite place to go when they eat out. Chef Armando Cobian recreates traditional Mexican cuisine and family recipes his mother taught him, from pulled chicken enchiladas with fire-roasted green tomatillo salsa and Oaxaca cheese, to Carne Asada made with prime ribeye steak and traditional Chiles Rellenos.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5myrtlebeach_tarheelgarden-pixabay.jpg" style="height:435px; width:652px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>Blue Elephant Thai</strong> offers authentic Thai food using fresh ingredients and seafood sourced from locals in Murrells Inlet. You can find Thai favorites like Pad Thai and drunken noodles plus a Thai Elephant Seafood platter with fresh shrimp, scallops, calamari, salmon and mussels.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><a href="https://www.cafeoldvienna.com/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Café Old Vienna</a> gives you a taste of old Germany and Austria at its popular restaurant and beer garden, with cuisine prepared by Chef Werner Horvath including schnitzel, bratwurst, sauerkraut, pierogis and more.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong><em>This article was originally published by <a href="https://www.brandpointcontent.com/article/39282/ready-for-your-next-foodie-adventure-explore-a-fusion-of-fresh-flavors-in-myrtle-beach" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Brandpoint</a>. 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Features</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Thu, 06/25/2015 - 17:35</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1confederateflag.jpg?itok=SwEQNR-C"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1confederateflag.jpg?itok=SwEQNR-C" width="480" height="269" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p><strong>From our content partner <a href="http://newamericamedia.org/2015/06/why-the-confederate-flag-will-continue-to-flyfor-now.php">New America Media</a>: </strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney says take it down. Present GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush says take it down. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will say a qualified take it down. The “it” is the Confederate Flag. They now want the flag removed from the South Carolina State House.</p> <p> </p> <p>A year ago Romney, Bush, and Haley would not have dared say the flag must go. In fact, Haley vigorously defended the flag waving proudly at the state house during her reelection bid in 2014 and flatly stated before that the flag should stay. The hideous Charleston church massacre and the loud clamor again by civil rights activists and a wide swath of the public to dump the flag explains their sharp reversal.</p> <p> </p> <p>The flag, of course, should go and should have gone a long time ago when the NAACP did everything from calling for a boycott of the state to mass protests to get the flag scrapped. But it still stands and there’s little reason this time around to think much will change.</p> <p> </p> <p>The reason is not hard to find. The defenders, and there are countless numbers of them South and North, will not budge from their stock argument that the Confederate flag is merely a symbol of Southern history, pride and heritage, and has absolutely no political or social connotations, let alone intended as a symbol of slavery and a prop for racism? This is a bold faced distortion of you want to be charitable. Or, if you don’t, it’s a flat out lie.It is a blatant display of bigotry and racist defiance that symbolizes slavery and black oppression and is a direct slap in the face of blacks a century and a half after the South was vanquished on the battlefield?</p> <p> </p> <p>Yet, the brutal reality is that for decades, the Confederate flag, or some variation of it, has either flown or been displayed or embedded in state flags in Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, and Alabama and in decades past in other Southern states. Thousands of motor vehicle owners have requested personalized license plates with the Sons of Confederate Veterans logo which embeds the Confederate flag in it for their cars and trucks in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.</p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2confederateflag.jpg" style="height:366px; width:625px" /></p> <p> </p> <p>And thousands of white motorists tool down the state and city highways in parts of the South with the Confederate flag decal on their windows and bumpers. Does that tag them as a racist? Some are, and they embrace the flag to puff up their unabashed racism. But for many other Southern whites, the flag and its association with Southern history, is a genuine source of pride and identification. for many young whites that emblazon the flag on their attire, wave it at rock concerts, or football games, and other sporting events, it’s just a hip, in-crowd, stitch of cloth that’s little more than a chic fun and games display.</p> <p> </p> <p>They know little and could care less about what the flag meant, and the racial oppression that the flag has symbolized. They know nothing about the defiance of Southern legislatures and governors that dredged the flag up in the 1950s and adopted variations of it in their state flags as a blatant, open rebellion against court ordered integration in schools and public facilities.</p> <p> </p> <p>But no matter what the motive of the flag defenders, whether it be pride, ignorance, racism, or just youthful style, the NAACP and civil rights leaders that have fought ferocious battles against the display of the flag on public property, at taxpayer expense, and that includes thousands of African-American state taxpayers, stress that the flag undeniably was the symbol of a region that drenched the nation in blood for four years to defend values, a way of life, an economy and a political system that had slavery as its bedrock. And for decades after was a symbol of the South’s rigid domination and brute force control of African-Americans.</p> <p> </p> <p>The two wildly clashing views of the flag’s meaning are again on full display in the aftermath of the Charleston massacre. Unlike in times past when the debate over the flag has flared, no South Carolina state legislator has so far publicly come out with a full throated defense of the flag. However, it’s not necessary. The majority of them belief that the flag stands for what the South was and still is all about. That belief runs far too deep for even a shocking massacre to unhinge. The flag will be ridiculed, assailed, and burned. But it will likely stay and not just at a state house but in the minds and hearts of far too many.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Author Bio:</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em>Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. He is a weekly co-host of the Al Sharpton Show on American Urban Radio Network. He is the author of How Obama Governed: The Year of Crisis and Challenge. He is an associate editor of New America Media. He is host of the weekly Hutchinson Report Newsmaker Hour heard weekly on the nationally network broadcast Hutchinson Newsmaker Network.</em></strong></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/confederate-flag" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">confederate flag</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/south-carolina" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">south carolina</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/nikki-hayley" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">nikki hayley</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/racism" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">racism</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/south-carolina-state-house" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">south carolina state house</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/nikki-haley" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">nikki haley</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Earl Ofari Hutchinson </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Wikipedia Commons; Google Images</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:35:45 +0000 tara 6126 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/5088-it-s-time-dismantle-confederate-flag#comments Why Doesn’t South Carolina Have a Hate Crime Law, Given Its Past? https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/5079-why-doesn-t-south-carolina-have-hate-crime-law-given-its-past <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/news-features" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">News &amp; Features</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Mon, 06/22/2015 - 13:20</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1scchurch.jpg?itok=PaEileEn"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1scchurch.jpg?itok=PaEileEn" width="480" height="270" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>From <a href="http://fusion.net/story/153144/why-doesnt-south-carolina-have-a-hate-crime-law-given-its-past/">Fusion</a> and republished by our content partner New America Media</strong>:</p> <p> </p> <p>A few hours after a white gunman walked into a historic black church in South Carolina and opened fire, killing nine, authorities held a press conference.</p> <p> </p> <p>“I do believe this was a hate crime,” Charleston Police Chief Gregory Mullen told reporters.</p> <p> </p> <p>The comments were applauded by observers glad to see authorities not mincing words when talking about the mass shooting. The FBI and the Department of Justice quickly announced that they have opened up a hate crime investigation for the shooting. The only issue is: South Carolina is one of only five states in the nation that doesn’t have a hate crime law on its books.</p> <p> </p> <p>It’s not for a lack of trying. State Representative Wendell Gilliard has pushed the state legislature to pass a bill for the last few sessions, including a bill he introduced during the last session in 2013, which would have created special penalties for crimes committed because of someone’s race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or sexual orientation. His district includes the church where the shooting took place on Wednesday night.</p> <p> </p> <p>“It fell on deaf ears,” he told Fusion, referring to the failed attempt to pass the bill, which got stuck in the House judiciary committee.</p> <p> </p> <p>Although there are federal hate crime laws on the books, having a state law allows a state to issue harsher sentences if a local crime is committed that was motivated on the basis of a protected class. The South Carolina bill would have added a felony charge to crimes motivated by race, sex, age, national origin, or sexual orientation, which would carry additional prison time and fines.</p> <p> </p> <p>“I strongly believe in in-house rules. We can’t depend on federal government for everything. We need to be stewards within our own state government,” Rep. Gilliard said. “The federal government can’t be any and everywhere, and to duplicate what they already have — it would reinforce the message.”</p> <p> </p> <p>There are currently nineteen hate groups actively operating in South Carolina.In 2013, the latest year for which the numbers are available, the FBI listed 51 reported hate crimes in South Carolina. There are currently nineteen hate groups actively operating in the state, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.</p> <p> </p> <p>“If you look at some of our statistics when we talk about race and gender violence, even with the homeless population here… It’s all centered around race,” said Rep. Gilliard, noting that he has tried to make crimes against the homeless a hate crime. “I want to create a penalty to send the message to treat everyone with dignity and respect.”</p> <p> </p> <p>South Carolina, indeed, has a deep history of racial violence, dating back to the days of slavery. At the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, the scene of last night’s shooting, a planned slave revolt was foiled in 1822, resulting in the execution of 32 black men. Violence continued through the bloody Civil War, when South Carolina fought as part of the Confederacy, and right through the Reconstruction period, when massive race riots took place in 1870. A report from the Equal Justice Initiative, released earlier this year, tallied a total of 164 black men who were lynched in the state between 1877 and 1950.</p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/racistshooter.jpg" style="height:352px; width:625px" /></p> <p> </p> <p>In April of this year, North Charleston made international headlines after a white police officer was captured on video shooting a black man in the back as he tried to run away, following a routine traffic stop. That officer was indicted for murder earlier this month.</p> <p> </p> <p>All this while the state continues to fly the racially-charged Confederate flag next to its state house building.</p> <p> </p> <p>A reason that so many states have passed their own hate crime laws is that the standard for prosecuting a federal hate crime is at times very high, said Madihha Ahussain, staff attorney for Muslim Advocates, a group that has tracked U.S. hate crime legislation for years.</p> <p> </p> <p>“If it’s a misdemeanor crime that was motivated by hate towards a particular group, that would not likely be covered by federal statutes under a federal law,” she told Fusion. “But with state laws, which usually have a significantly lower standard, you might be able to prosecute it at the state level.”</p> <p> </p> <p>The other states that don’t have hate crime laws are Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, and Wyoming.</p> <p> </p> <p>The federal government has likely opened their own hate crime investigation into Wednesday’s shooting because “the state doesn’t have any grounds to do it on its own,” she said. At some point in the investigation, the federal and state governments will have to decide whether the suspect, who was taken into custody this morning, will be tried in federal court, she added.</p> <p> </p> <p>“Why states are not passing [these laws], it’s really hard to say,” Ahussain said. “It could have to do with the composition of their legislative branch at the time, or it could be because people think it’s irrelevant because there’s a federal hate crime statute now.”</p> <p> </p> <p>But, the federal hate crime statute has only been around for about five years.</p> <p> </p> <p>“Prior to that, I’m not sure what these five states have been thinking. It’s a really important question for state legislative branches to consider,” she said.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>From <a href="http://fusion.net/story/153144/why-doesnt-south-carolina-have-a-hate-crime-law-given-its-past/">Fusion</a> and republished by our content partner New America Media</strong></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/hate-crime" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">hate crime</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/south-carolina" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">south carolina</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/emanuel-church" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">emanuel church</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/racism" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">racism</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/white-supremacy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">white supremacy</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/dylan-roof" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">dylan roof</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Daniel Rivero and Collier Meyerson</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Google Images</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:20:21 +0000 tara 6115 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/5079-why-doesn-t-south-carolina-have-hate-crime-law-given-its-past#comments