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An incident in Nashville
All of this makes me think back to the Sons of Confederate Veterans Ball I attended at their Reunion in Nashville a few years back. We had many gentlemen wearing CSA uniforms, and tons of belles. At the same hotel a black family was having a large family reunion. Some of the family members came into the lobby area where we were, and asked what was going on. I overheard one national officer explaining the purpose of the SCV to an interested man of about 30 - 40. We had a historical band play, and were dancing. Some of the younger reunion family members stuck their heads in, and we invited them to dance. It was quite a sight to see them doing the Virginia Reel with the costumed SCV participants!
I'm not saying that the ladies of AKA will ever feel like taking a turn around the dance floor with the gentlemen of KA - I will say that when you engage in a sincere dialogue with well-meaning people you will often discover that perceived animosity and stereotypes aren't necessarily the reality.
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