Racism Symbol Of The Confederate Flag

The history of the Confederate Flag goes back to March 4 1861. It was used in the Civil War to separate the Union and the Confederate soldiers.This early version of the flag was created by William Thompson. The Confederate Flag was never meant to be a racist symbol, but people today think of it that way when they see it because the probably don't understand the meaning behind it. I believe that the flag is not a racist symbol, some of the ways people who used it may have been racist such a the KKK which started December 24, 1865, the KKK also used the cross and the american flag in their practices. People are pushing to get the confederate flag removed and they are having the statues remove but you have the right of free speech and it looks

“A lot of people think that the union went to war with the confederacy to end slavery, but they were just trying to preserve the nation from falling apart into different sections” (Pruitt).The main reason why people don't like the confederate flag is because use of racism they see in the confederate flag. it did not start as a racist symbol people made or thought of it in that way. “Some racists display the confederate flag as well as the christian cross and the american flag should these be qualifies as racist as well” ("The New York Times Company"). Most racism ideas come from people who hear or see people killing blacks like the South Carolina church shooting in 2015 where Dylann Roof killed nine black worshipers, or if they just don't understand the history behind the civil war and the flag itself. The flag was associated with the Ku Klux Klan and

William Porcher Miles, the creator of the flag we know today, was inspired by the South Carolina flag it had a blue (upright) cross on a red field and fifteen stars on the cross the fifteen stars represent the fifteen slave states.

Some of the southerners see the flag as heritage or a remembrance of a family member or just the soldiers in general.There are even some african americans who support the confederate flag, because they see it as a heritage symbol also. The Dukes of Hazzard is a TV show that was broadcasted in 1979. The car is a 1969 dodge charger it is widely known as the General Lee it has a big zero one on the doors and a confederate flag on the roof the governor wanted to impound their car because the duke boys were on his last nerve, They race the General Lee but the governor basically totalled the car so they get it fixed and its all painted up with the Confederate Flag on the roof , when people see the flag they are disgusted, just like people today don't like the confederate flag and pretty much scowl at the people flying the flags out of