This morning, America took an overdue step forward in uniting our people. The Confederate battle flag came down from the SC state building.
Those Southerners who see the flag as a symbol of their heritage forget that this was not the original Confederate flag under which the Southern states united to preserve their economy. In fact, it’s a symbol of division rather than unity. If the Civil War didn’t make it that, SC did in 1961 when they raised it in protest against desegregation, the law that said that everyone, including Blacks, deserves an equal chance at an education and that people should not be divided into groups according to the color of their skin.
I think the crowd witnessing the flag’s retirement summed it up in their massive chant of “USA! USA! USA!”
