There were more homicides in the U.S. in 2021 than in the previous 20 years, according to an article in The Washington Post by two prominent professors of criminology, Dr. Aaron Chalfin and Dr. John MacDonald.Their article explored causes for the deadly spike in deaths. But the authors concluded those causes will “likely remain poorly understood for years to come.”As a daughter of the South, born in the largest state in the Confederacy, I believe the Southern mindset, rooted in violence and hatred, is a major cause.From 1910 to 1970, an unprecedented, internal migration in the U.S. spread that mindset ...