"For years, the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), a group that includes many Southern politicians, has denied that it is racist. Now the mask is off.

After fighting to keep the Confederate battle flag flying over South Carolina's capitol, the CCC recently put up a remarkable advertisement for South Carolina on its Internet site.

'South Carolina Now Has Whiter Beaches!' the CCC said. 'Now that the African-Americans are boycotting South Carolina over the Confederate Flag, Whites can enjoy a civil liberty that has been denied to them for many years at hotels, restaraunts and beaches: the freedom to associate with just one's own people'" (Intelligence Briefs, SPLC Report, June 2000).