Debate: Confederate Flag In School

[Darkslash]

It's very true that the US flag is much more suited to be considered a symbol of racism and slavery than the Confederate flag. The Civil War was about much more than slavery.

[lion_roog]

Originally posted by Only-now
I suppose then that the United States flag should also be banned because at one time the entire United States believed in slavery as well?

At one time the south believed in slavery, because of its economy etc, just like the United States did. The primary reason that slavery did not exist in the North is NOT because those people were more enlightened, or morally more intelligent, but because they had become more industrial.

The view that blacks were inferior in the south came from the fact that their culture was much different from that of the white culture. In a way, it could not be avoided..because where they were taken from was NOT as developed as the European cultures. They still lived in tribes, hunted with spears, etc. Thus, the skin color only became a way to recognize, and eventually became the typical viewpoint.

The Confederate flag has to be interpreted as racist for it to be offensive. The reason that most people wear it is NOT because they are racists, or believe in slavery. I think that THIS is the fact that should be recognized, and not that the people who wear this flag be supressed. People do not wear it because they want to represent the slavery of the south, but because this is a symbol that is inherently south because that is exactly what it stood for.

By the way, sorry about bringing up an old topic, but I am bored and wanted something to post about..hehe.

~Kiva

The only problem with using the United States flag in this example is that the United States still existed after the Civil War, The United States went through the Civil Rights movement, the United States progressed as a society. The Confederacy was elimited at the end of the Civil War, along with slavery. And that's not saying that the Civil War was about slavery, because it wasn't.

The Confederate flag represents the Confederacy. It represents the south during that time period. The south, during that time period represented slavery in the United States. So I hope you can see why some people would be offended at the notion of glorifying an era in time and the corresponding society that inslaved their ancestors.