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Confederate flags everywhere. Scares me immensely.

August 20, 2024August 20, 2024 being black, Branson, Confederate flag, flag, Kitra Mwania, MO, nervous, scared, slavery, South

Kitra Mwania,
Branson, MO.

The confederate flag clearly means something important to the people around here. Being a black person who learned that this flag represented slavery and injustice makes me nervous about why this flag is an accessory.

Blue eye, brown eye, eye opening.

January 20, 2024January 20, 2024 assume, blue eye, brown eye, Confederate flag, flag, growing up, liberal, Minority, neighborhood, opened eyes, Oprah

Keith F Thompson,
Brookline, NH.

Growing up as a white male in generally liberal surroundings, I assumed so much. I assumed I knew what racism looked like, and I assumed I would never witness it firsthand.Seeing the Oprah Winfrey Show do the Blue Eye/Brown Eye experiment on their audience was very revealng to me. Overt racism may be dying, but subtle, everyday slights have flooded into the vacuum
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Then I moved from all-white New Hampshire to greater Los Angeles, and I saw minorities treated differently all the time. By police, by banks, by retail personnel, by landlords.

It’s not always about Confederate Flags and hoods. It’s about the pettiness required to denh even the smallest courtesy, to make the slightest accomodation.

As demonstrated by the Blue Eye/Brown Eye Experiment, minorities endure a thousand small cuts every day, with a general grace and strength. Subjected to the same slights, people used to privelage notice their abscence quickly and will not stand for it.

It’s not about demonizing people,it’s about asking everyone to be thoughtful, to be kind, and to consider others in our actions.

The flag symbolizes hate and racism

August 15, 2022August 16, 2022 American, American Flag, April Barney Pouncy, flag, hate, Jewish, racism, Richardson, symbol, TX

April Barney Pouncy,
Richardson, TX

I am Jewish my husband is black and over the last few years I sincerely felt like we might be in danger. I worry for our adult and teenage children. We have both subconsciously begun to view the American Flag as a symbol to put us on high alert. Now I fear that our constitutional rights might be in jeopardy knowing the only thing that protects our marriage is an amendment and those don’t seem to count for much these days.