He sounds as if he has little to no empathy for blacks and do not consider their being important, which is why he would be against Obama for making it important. It was not important to him that blacks were enslaved otherwise he could not honor the Confederate flag and just honor his ancestors for who they were in his family line, rather them being Confederate Soldiers, as it is an option for him, if he was not racist. Does it mean he hates you?
No, but no more than he may not hate snakes. A person with little to no empathy for blacks is what I would define as racist.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.