The Confederate Flag

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I do not know what this paragraph means.

In other words, if there was any kind of "outrage" in the South over the flag being flown, I wouldn't know... hence why the question was asked.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

In other words, if there was any kind of "outrage" over the flag being flown, I wouldn't know... hence why the question was asked.

Are we in the same thread? LOL. What do you think this thread is about?

I hope you all now see why people like MysticCat get tired of explaining stuff on either side(s) of the issue. LOL.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Are we in the same thread? LOL. What do you think this thread is about?

I hope you all now see why people like MysticCat get tired of explaining stuff on either side(s) of the issue. LOL.

I just don't get it.

[honeychile]

This is why I mentioned not causing your neighbor to sin. My one neighbor flies an Italian flag, and what gets to me is that it's flown higher than the American flag.

I would not fly a Confederate flag, out of respect for those who would be offended. The pride I have in my heritage is how I live, not what I fly.

Don't even get me started about the flags I've seen in Chicago!

[agzg]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Don't even get me started about the flags I've seen in Chicago!

Exsqueeze me? Our flags are just fine, thankyouverymuch.

You're just jealous you don't have a super awesome city flag that everyone recognizes and wears on t-shirts, back packs, and faces.



ETA: This picture might be better - there are three white stripes.

[Ch2tf]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

The relative few white people who do live in historically and predominantly Black neighborhoods have their Black Card Cliff Notes and have a general idea what to do and what not to do.

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Correct. Our last "Black People Meeting" didn't address how all Black people should feel about and respond to images of the Confederacy. Yet, there is a general understanding of what the Confederacy symbolizes to the average person of the African Diaspora (not just Black Americans), agree or disagree.

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

They brought it up right after lunch.

I'm so happy I wasn't eating my breakfast in front of the computer when I read these because it would be all over the screen and keyboard.

Originally Posted by DrPhil

If I had a dollar for everytime a white person said or did something that I considered racially offensive, rooted in privilege and power dynamics, and/or displayed racialized symbols that can be interpreted in different ways. If I had a dollar for everytime I had to ignore these things as to not lose a professional opportunity, be branded as the "angry Black woman," or have the police knocking at my door.

I might not be rich, but I'd definitely have a WHOLE lot more money than I do now.

ETA: And I'd be able to afford to pay someone to train K_S how to take proper minutes.