Clive Mcfarlane: Confederate Flag Symbolizes Racism

There are some who are celebrating the vote by the South Carolina Legislature on Thursday to remove the Confederate flag from the state grounds.I am not one of the celebrants.I am not celebrating, because I do not really see a change in the wink-and-nod politics that continue to nurture racism in this country, the wink-and-nod politics that allowed the flag to be flown in the first place, first above the state capitol and later at a memorial on the capitol grounds.It is the same [...]

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