What has Sparked my attention so Far this Year?

So far this year in Randy Scherer's humanities class I have learned so many interesting things. However, there is one particular topic that stood out to me more than the others. This was the excerpt, "Dying For Dixie" that was taken from the book Confederates in the Attic. The story about the death of Michael westerman shocked me. I thought it was immature of Michael Westerman to be so naive to the fact that carrying a confederate flag in the back of his truck was offensive to the blacks in the town, specifically Freddy Morrow. Westerman was fired from his job after cursing at the restaurant's cook and referring to her as "nigger!" Morrow shot Westerman for his actions and now suffer the consequences in prison for the rest of his life. If this had taken place back when slavery was a bigger issue, than I would have more understanding for Westerman's rude behavior and Morrow's rash decision to murder. But because this story took place in 1995, it just shows me that violence and revenge are taken too far just as a way for people to build up their egos and feel better. When really I think that deep down inside they hurt, but they just don't want to show it.

http://dcn.davis.ca.us/~gizmo/1999/horwitz.html