I am black and my children are African-American. I am unsure what my grandchildren consider themselves since they are only 10 and 18 months. I think one is Pokemon, though. I am a Southerner by birth and history. I don't know of any of my ancestors who were born or raised in America that weren't Southerners.
Southern history is more than just a flag.
The issue is Southern history. Tell the entire story. The current history of the South is incomplete for me. I have two signs from the 1940s. I also have a set of slave shackles.