Gettysburg’s black residents: Dropping Confederate flag can’t erase racism

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Gettysburg’s black residents: Dropping Confederate flag can’t erase racism
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In this historic Pennsylvania town where Union forces defeated Confederate troops 152 years ago in a decisive victory against a rebel government determined to keep black people enslaved, the Confederate battle flag still flies. As Gettysburg festooned itself in Confederate flags and other Civil War memorabilia to mark the famous battle’s anniversary this weekend — against a backdrop of renewed national controversy over the flag — some among the town’s black community condemned the banner.

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[Hoyt]

1. They are definitely correct about that, but it's nice to have less of those symbols of hatred.

But, it is just a symbol. There will be others, and the flag will still be flown or hung as works of art in yahoo's homes.

If everyone of those dang flags were burnt, minority groups would still be discriminated against, blamed for all kinds of crud, never perform good enough (Obama is an interesting example), harassed, hated, and worse.

Again, it's still nice to have people at least thinking about that symbol and its place in our society.