Mississippi State Flag

The author mentioned that some citizens are still perturbed by the Confederate flag. While the number is slowly waning, many citizens were a part of the civil rights movement. They watched racist people protest against them using the flag as a symbol of racism, oppression, and hatred. To some, the flag may serve as a permanent reminder that racism is not truly dead in America.

Jim Clyburn, I have a problem I would like to address with you, the Confederate Flag Controversy which has caused a lot of conflict in the southern states. Why do people have such different and, conflicting perceptions of what the flag actually means. How did those different meanings, evolve over time?

Can the same flag that symbolizes southern heritage also be a symbol of hate? In 2015, a tragic shooting occurred at the Emanuel African Methodist Church in Charlestown, South Carolina. The Charleston shooter, Dylan Roof, was charged with killing nine African-Americans. After this horrible act, he waved the confederate flag in photographs sparking an issue with the flag. Two articles were released concerning whether or not the confederate flag should be removed from the South Carolina capitol. The first article, “Take Down the Confederate Flag, Symbol of Hatred”, was released by The New York Times editorial board on June 22, 2015. This article proposed that the flag should be removed. Following the release of this article, on June 24, 2015 “Keep the Confederate Flag Flying” was released by Selwyn Duke claiming the flag should remain. In these articles, both authors incorporated persona, audience, tone and style to effectively argue whether or not the flag should remain to Americans who may side with their argument.

The Confederate Flag has been around since the nineteenth century. It was used by the Confederate Army to show that they unite under a different union, and not the one that will bind our nation as a whole. In the articles: “Executive Order Banning Confederate Flags, Memorabilia,” “Ban Backlash: Confederate Flag Backers Ready to Battle,” and “Everybody Has Suddenly Noticed Confederate Flag is Widely Available.” it is illustrated that the ideas about how the Confederate Flag are being used today as a racial integration; declaring that the discontinuance of the Confederate Flag is completely ethical and is a priority to ensure the end of riots.

The flag is a symbol of pride and patriotism. “The flag is not racist. It is a symbol of patriots who were willing to die to protect this country and make sure it remained as the founders intended,” (Is the confederate flag racist?, 1). This exemplifies that the flag is not a racist symbol, it is a symbol of patriotism. The Confederate flag is not a racist

The article titled: “South Carolina Settles Its Decades-Old Dispute Over a Confederate Flag” written by Richard Fausset and Alan Blinder is to be considered a featured article. In contrast, the article titled “South Carolina House Votes to Remove Confederate Flag” also written by Richard Fausset and Alan Blinder is to be considered a news article.

This controversial issue has come to the forefront recently in the court of public opinion. After talking with many friends, acquaintances, family members, and co-workers, it seems many are ambivalent about this subject. It is surprising that while people think it is racist, they still believe the state should have the right to fly the Confederate flag. Although many were uncertain, there was two strong opinions that categorically oppose one another.

The American South. An area full of rich history and the home to some of the nation’s largest conflicts throughout history, such as the civil war and the civil rights movement. Southerners have always been proud of their heritage despite its rocky parts and display it for all to see with a 150 year old flag. This is proving to be problematic, though, as the Confederate flag they are all so proud of, is really only 50 years old and has been associated with ideals of white supremacy and racism. Some Southerners and other Americans choose to not believe the truth about the flag, others were never taught the truth. However, it is incredibly important in forming an opinion on the flag, and to whether or not the flag must be removed from state buildings. And the truth is, due to its historical affiliation to racist whites in the South, white supremacy groups, and recent events such as the Charleston Shooting, the Confederate rebel flag should not be flown on state buildings as it is not culturally sensitive to African American people who have been targeted by these people.

Within the past week or two there had been a brutal attack in Virginia, because of the different views and opinions on the statue of Confederate general Robert E Lee, if it should stay or be removed. I have come to believe that since the general was a “Confederate’” general that the question arose, should Mississippi be to able to keep its state flag presenting the emblem of the confederate flag, or should it be stripped from the sky. In this essay I will present to you why I believe that the Mississippi flag should stay flying high in the sky. I will also present when, why and how the flag is important to us as a country.

There are still some points of views I haven’t covered. Some people believe the flag doesn’t mean what people say it mean. Some people believe the flag represents the journey of Mississippi’s creation. Some people even say that racist adopted the flag to use it as a symbol of racism. They believe racism is not the original meaning of the

The pattern of the flag as a symbol is not cut and dry. The flag that we know as the Confederate Flag today was actually never the Confederate Army’s official flag. It was the Confederate battle flag of Northern Virginia. It is now a part of the culture and history of the United States. The meaning of the flag is dynamic. It has changed over time. The meaning of the flag is not shared. Its meaning varies from a simple historical material creation to a

There are two main arguments between the debate about the Confederate flag. Many say it symbolizes slavery and ill-treatment, when others claim it is Southern history and pride. While controversy has transpired over the the last decade, the relationship between whites and blacks has grown into a strong companionship. After the shooting in Charleston, the statehouse there put a Confederate flag to fully over it. Byron Thomas told The Washington Post he, “felt that lowering the flag would give power to to the racist terrorist who killed them” (Thomas, B. 2015). During June of 2015, Governor Nikki Haley spoke in her speech about the flag and said she acknowledges the importance for South Carolinians; but, she also, “we are not going to allow this symbol to divide us any longer” (Thomas, B. 2015). Both of these arguments by Thomas and Haley were said to somewhat make the Confederate flag seem like a

Grey uniforms, so often pierced with bullets from the other side, were proudly donned by the men of this nation from 1861 until 1865. These men fought tirelessly and honorably for their beliefs, and throughout each battle, carried the battle flag of the Confederacy. Throughout the Civil War, this flag took six different forms, for design flaws led to confusion on the battlefield. Each soldier, standing tall, did not fight for a flag, but under it. As an emblem of courage and honor, and a representation of their way of life, the “Rebel Flag” still stands as a symbol of pride in the southern United States. South Carolina’s contest of whether or not to permanently lower the flag flying over state grounds has aroused the question of the true meaning of the “Navy Jack” banner. American history has lent endless resources to the discovery of this meaning. The causes of the war, the history of the Confederate Flag’s origin, the truth about racism and slavery, and the disproving of supposed offensiveness of a piece of cloth all play an integral role in the argument opposing the flag’s removal.

During the war in the year of 1862, Southerners were known as Confederates. Therefore, they disconnected themselves from symbols of old, which was the Confederate national flags and adopted the symbol of the Confederate battle flag. The flag perhaps, inextricably intertwined with states’ rights, slavery, and the Confederacy which gave the battle flags a new meaning. The flag will always be the “flag of the Confederate soldier”, and therefore Southerners would like for it to be respected as such. However, since 1865 the flag has taken on additional meanings,

In my paper I will be discussing the Confederate Flag and its controversy in history and in todays views. The Confederate flag has been a negative symbol in American society since the 1800’s. It has been only recently that the Confederate flag has been brought back to life as a contemporary issue. In recent times the flag has been used as a motivation for racial strikes and other rebellious acts bring the issues of the flag and the controversy behind it back to life. The major questions I seek to answer in this essay it why the controversy of the Confederate flag only been brought back up recently and why the confederate flag was created the way it was. And the overall motivation behind its creation. The Confederate flag has only recently been brought back as an issue because of the recent racial attacks and an overall rebellious acts that swear under the confederate flag, back in the early 1860’s the confederate flag was first used to represent the southern states because the south was wanting to secede from the northern states. Because of the major shooting in Charleston controversy behind the confederate flag sparked back up. Major retailers like Walmart and Amazon and stopping the sale of the Confederate flag because of its growing symbol of racism. The Confederate flag has shifted from being viewed as the southern states to viewed as a symbol of racism. what does the future hold for the confederate flag and will it become a rare item?