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North Carolina Removing Confederate Flag From Old State Capitol Building After Complaints
State Historic Sites Director Keith Hardison had said Thursday the flag should be viewed in what he called the proper historical context.
"Our goal is not to create issues," said Hardison, a Civil War re-enactor and history buff. "Our goal is to help people understand issues of the past. ... If you refuse to put something that someone might object to or have a concern with in the exhibit, then you are basically censoring history."
North Carolina NAACP president Rev. William Barber was shocked Friday when he was shown a photo of the flag by the AP.
"He is right that it has a historical context," Barber said. "But what is that history? The history of racism. The history of lynchings. The history of death. The history of slavery. If you say that shouldn't be offensive, then either you don't know the history, or you are denying the history."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/north-carolina-confederate-flag_n_2992738.html?utm_hp_ref=black-voices&ir=Black Voices
State Historic Sites Director Keith Hardison had said Thursday the flag should be viewed in what he called the proper historical context.
"Our goal is not to create issues," said Hardison, a Civil War re-enactor and history buff. "Our goal is to help people understand issues of the past. ... If you refuse to put something that someone might object to or have a concern with in the exhibit, then you are basically censoring history."
North Carolina NAACP president Rev. William Barber was shocked Friday when he was shown a photo of the flag by the AP.
"He is right that it has a historical context," Barber said. "But what is that history? The history of racism. The history of lynchings. The history of death. The history of slavery. If you say that shouldn't be offensive, then either you don't know the history, or you are denying the history."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/north-carolina-confederate-flag_n_2992738.html?utm_hp_ref=black-voices&ir=Black Voices
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AI hate that ? flag and anyone who have it on there truck or wear that ? it's disrespectful. Yall know that's Mississippi state flag that ? ? me up
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White folks so quick to give the "history" excuse for that flag. Yet act like slavery never existed. Who celebrates a historical loss??
That like the U.S. celebrating the loss we took in Vietnam. -
fucc yo flag cuh!
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we just got a rep. gov. and the entire legislature is repub. so they trying to flex right now dude. is a business suit cracka. no job no money for educ. but they out here passing laws to restrict voting. the crazy thing is its way mo white people gonna suffer in this state but they dont listen
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also you do see how crazy it is to post a title that says ? in raliegh durham and then post something about hte confederate flag in our General assembly. im jus sayin
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LOL.......
No disrespect to N.C.
I just used it to get attention...........
I use ? in *fill in the blank* as a pun on "? in Paris"........
More people need to stand up in Southern states that still fly the confederate flag........
*Salutes N.C.*
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It aint too many states left that have it.
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Mississippi, Alabama & Georgia have it in the state flag.......
Several states fly it @ their capital's & state parks...............
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think again!Mississippi, Alabama & Georgia have it in the state flag.......
Several states fly it @ their capital's & state parks...............
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Lives in Raleigh & hadn't even heard about this ? . But I hardly watch the news so...
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No......
You need to re-think your efforts...............
Ga flies the 1st confederate flag.....
bama flies a variation......
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Bruh I stay in Georgia and drive through Mississippi and Bama to visit family in Texas and Louisiana.
No......
You need to re-think your efforts...............
Ga flies the 1st confederate flag.....
bama flies a variation......
I know what they fly on the state buildings. You have to go into state buildings and see replicas of the old flag but they dont fly (on a pole) them.
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No point in crakkkas shying away from their past.
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Georgia's current flag is the 1st confederate national flag.....
With the Ga state seal added in the canton.....
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that Alabama flag is not based on the Confederate flag its based on the old Spanish flag i think
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BlackGerald wrote: »that Alabama flag is not based on the Confederate flag its based on the old Spanish flag i think
Well it cannot be proven......
However it is a variation of the confederate flag.............
Notice the awkward shapes........
Squared instead of traditional rectangle...........
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LOL .................bruh!Georgia's current flag is the 1st confederate national flag.....
With the Ga state seal added in the canton.....
Okay gotcha! You said first and I am thinking yeah the battle flag. You meant the stars and bars.
Yeah I am cool with it. Most Mfers have no idea. I told someone that same thing about the flag and they were awestruck. -
South Carolina still has it in front of the state house. South of the south. Smh
I can't say that anyone that hangs that flag is racist but I know what it represents to me.
Therefore, I reserve the right to call anyone who would wave it or show off their confederate memorabilia to the world racist.
I'm know they understand what the flags means to black people. Live with the negative attention you wanted. -
easy, easy. our military was WAY more effective in Vietnam than those Southerners were in their War of Southern Failuredarkone360 wrote: »That like the U.S. celebrating the loss we took in Vietnam.
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so...........with all the racism that mofos still have to contend with in 2013
and ? are still worried about a damn flag? SMH -
The dizzy ? that support the use of Confederate flags are WOAT, white folks try their best historical jiujitsu to shoehorn a different meaning to those flags but they are symbols of an oppressive regime instituted against Black people...period.
Pride in those flags suggests pride in the ideals it represented, that's what symbols are all about. -
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BlackGerald wrote: »that Alabama flag is not based on the Confederate flag its based on the old Spanish flag i think
Well it cannot be provenHowever it is a variation of the confederate flag.............
Notice the awkward shapes........
Squared instead of traditional rectangle...........
Yea it can.
It's based of the cross of St. Andrew or something. Florida's flag is the same just with the state seal in the middle.
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I HATE the Confederate flag.....glad those crackkas in NC decided to take the flag down there.
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