A generalization of the people or a generalization of southern capitols? The OP specifically mentioned Raleigh, where the decision to keep the confederate monuments on the capitol was re-ratified as recently as a few weeks ago. It is by any objective measure a place that celebrates its history of violent white supremacy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/us/confederate-statues-no...

"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/153313-nineteen-eighty...