Having spent a good portion of my life living in Richmond, Va., the Capitol of the Confederacy, I can't help but agree with Toadfrog. In the South there are a lot of Black folks who think of themselves as Negros. No Balck, no African American. Negros. These folks and their parents before them have never lived anywhere but the South. These folks relate to Southern people, the Southern way of life, the courtesies and games that Southerners play with each other. These folks are most usually rural folks. If another War for Indepenence were to be contimpalalted (which of course we know would never happen under todays realities) these folk would side with the South, even thought many are no better off than their great, great great grandfolks who were slaves.