My great-grandfather left his home in Mexico, New York to
fight against slavery. The Confederate flag represented slavery and nothing
else. He died in the 19th century but states in the South still have the
Confederate flag flying over their statehouses.
The Confederate flag stands for the rights of white people
to own African-American people. The Confederate flag stands for racism. The
Confederate flag represents a time in which Americans believed Thomas Jefferson
was wrong when he wrote that Americans were entitled to life liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. (Jefferson of course did not free his slaves and was a
living denial of the Declaration of Independence.)
Today when states have to debate whether to keep the
Confederate flag, America looks like a banana republic. When Republicans mostly
stay silent on this issue we can see how racism is a threat to this country.
The fact that this deserves a debate makes America look
foolish to the rest of the world. Take down that flag.
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