Why is the stars and bars flag considered a racist symbol?

[CharacterAssassin]

If we erase our past .... it will repeat itself .

Not honoring symbols of treason, traitors and slavery isn't 'erasing' anything, tool factory.

Please be less stupid and stop crying.

[Loving91390]

Not honoring symbols of treason, traitors and slavery isn't 'erasing' anything, tool factory.

Please be less stupid and stop crying.

Try asking our youth about our history .....

[Guno צְבִי]

Tell me shit for brains how can an inanimate object be racist?

[Mason Melchizedek]

I am sure of it. But the point is if people don't react then there would be no need to defend anything and the supremacist would drop it and look for something else. It's like when people call me names I just ignore them and don't give them the satisfaction. If more people did that there would be less conflict in this country.

Duh!The Confederate States was founded to keep it's black citizens in bondage!Racism 101

[Mason Melchizedek]

It was adopted by the KKK as well as other white supremacist groups. There were a few KKK groups active in and around the St. Louis area when we lived there. Occasionally they would hand out recruitment flyers (mostly in rural that were predominantly white, of course -- wouldn't dare try that in a more diverse area! lol). Ppl who received them would sometimes contact the news stations about it, and they would show them on the air. They almost always had the stars and bars along with a cross and other symbols.

It was racist long before that!

[Eagle_Eye]

symbols are used to intimidate

And if you react you are doing exactly what the group wants you to do.

[Mason Michaels]

And if you react you are doing exactly what the group wants you to do.

Were you in the US or Confederate Army?

[Cypress]

I understand to some people any reminder of the south and the civil war is racist. While the reasons for the war may have been racist not all symbols had racial undertones. The confederate battle flag is one.

The Stars and bars flag had one purpose "Confederate battle flag distinct from the flag of the Confederacy, the "Stars and Bars," was created following the first major battle of the Civil War, at Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia, in July 1861, because in the heat of battle soldiers and commanders confused the Stars and Bars with the Union army's "Stars and Stripes."

https://teachinghistory.org/history-...istorian/19424

Context is everything .

I would totally wear confederate flag boxer briefs or blow my nose on confederate flag hankerchiefs, and not feel like I was being remotely racist .

A gathering of buck toothed rednecks waving one at a trump rally while chanting "send her back!" obviously has racist overtones.

A state government flying one on public property is transmiting an insulting message to many of its black citizens by paying homage to a rebel army fighting to defend a Slave economy. Most seem to forget that flag is the confederate battle standard .

[Damocles]

I understand to some people any reminder of the south and the civil war is racist. While the reasons for the war may have been racist not all symbols had racial undertones. The confederate battle flag is one.

The Stars and bars flag had one purpose "Confederate battle flag distinct from the flag of the Confederacy, the "Stars and Bars," was created following the first major battle of the Civil War, at Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia, in July 1861, because in the heat of battle soldiers and commanders confused the Stars and Bars with the Union army's "Stars and Stripes."

https://teachinghistory.org/history-...istorian/19424

It is considered a racist symbol because the American Nazi Party uses the flag to symbolize their racism. There is no reason to go into it any further than that.

[StoneByStone]

I understand to some people any reminder of the south and the civil war is racist. While the reasons for the war may have been racist not all symbols had racial undertones. The confederate battle flag is one.

The Stars and bars flag had one purpose "Confederate battle flag distinct from the flag of the Confederacy, the "Stars and Bars," was created following the first major battle of the Civil War, at Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia, in July 1861, because in the heat of battle soldiers and commanders confused the Stars and Bars with the Union army's "Stars and Stripes."

https://teachinghistory.org/history-...istorian/19424

The (((media))) made it a racist symbol because it's associated with a white culture. Simple as that.

[Ralph]

I understand to some people any reminder of the south and the civil war is racist. While the reasons for the war may have been racist not all symbols had racial undertones. The confederate battle flag is one.

The Stars and bars flag had one purpose "Confederate battle flag distinct from the flag of the Confederacy, the "Stars and Bars," was created following the first major battle of the Civil War, at Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia, in July 1861, because in the heat of battle soldiers and commanders confused the Stars and Bars with the Union army's "Stars and Stripes."

https://teachinghistory.org/history-...istorian/19424

The real answer? Its an attempt to remove the historical evidence that it was the democrats who propagated, slavery, Jim Crow, the KKK....etc., These symbols and monuments are just a reminder. Its nothing less than an act like Fascist Book Burning in order to rewrite history.

[Eagle_Eye]

It is considered a racist symbol because the American Nazi Party uses the flag to symbolize their racism. There is no reason to go into it any further than that.

Then using your standard the American flag is a racist symbol also because the American Nazi party also carries it at rallies. Both flags are just pieces of cloth that mean different things to different people.


When I see the American flag I see the symbol of the greatest nation on God's green earth. But when I see the confederate flag I see a reminder of a dark period in this nations history that should never be forgotten.

[Eagle_Eye]

The (((media))) made it a racist symbol because it's associated with a white culture. Simple as that.

I can agree with that.

[Mott the Hoople]

I agree and like I said before why did they pick that symbol? It's clear that using the battle flag the most recognized flag of the confederacy that would cause fear and anger in black people. I maintain that if people had ignored that symbol the supremacist would have dropped it and tried something else.

Pretty hard to ignore a symbol when it's next to a burning cross in your front yard.

[Mott the Hoople]

You fucking lefties love to throw that word around. It doesn't mean anything to me as I just consider the souse.

Hey it's not my fault you're an inanimate object.