paranoid, xenophobic empire
It is well known that South Carolina, the first state to secede, was also the first among the British American colonies to elect a Jewish member to the colonial legislature. In fact, outside Poland--another place which, like the American South, often finds itself the butt of politically incorrect jokes--it was the first place in the Western World to elect a Jew to public office. Louisiana, another secession state, was the only region outside to welcome several thousand French-speaking refugees from the region of Acadia--now Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island--after having been expelled from their homelands by the British during the French and Indian War. The Texas legislature welcomed Germans and Czechs in large numbers in the early days after their independence from Mexico. We could go on and on along these lines, of course, and it's not that any of this history has any more relevance to the thread than your bizarre post, but it seems that you might benefit from just a little historical education.
Perhaps xenophobic was a strong word, but come on, you can't deny that the South was very wary of anything that didn't fit the perceived Southern "way of life"; they did not like the North's culture, at least. Yes, in those isolated instances, they did welcome refugees and have diverse elected officals, but keep in mind; Judah P Benjamin, one of the Jewish Senators you're talking about? A slaveholder.
And I'm sure many Texans would tell you that Texas is not entirely a part of the South, even though it went along with the Confederacy.
I probably should have used the word "expansionist"; I was trying to say that they despised those who weren't part of Southern culture, while at the same time they wanted to annex Cuba to expand slavery.
Also, I was referring to the elites, not the regular people.
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