Race row flares over slavery drama

NEW YORK - What if the South had won the US Civil War?

That is the premise behind a newly announced show on cable network HBO that has sparked a heated backlash in a country still grappling with the legacy of slavery and its generational impacts on African Americans.

Unveiled in mid-July, Confederate will be led by Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, no strangers to criticism over the overwhelmingly white cast in their epic fantasy series that is currently in its seventh season.