The thing is the other events still don’t hold the sense of evil the Confederacy holds. The CSA was an evil cause with the goal of perpetuating chattel slavery and white supremacy.
Im not sure Europe could have an equivalent unless it was celebrating colonial abusiveness somehow? Maybe the Belgians could do a Congo themed party celebrating their crimes there? Short of doing a Nazi Party themed event I don’t believe Europe has anything comparable.
Company throws a corporate retreat at a plantation in southern Alabama with a period-appropriate costume ball, only black guy that works for the company shows up dressed as a slave.
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