Confederate Flag Research Paper

How would you feel if everywhere you went, there was something offensive waving right in front of you? All around the South, there are Confederate flags and other Confederate figures everywhere. The Confederate flag is a sign of hate and should not be allowed in public. For most African Americans, it’s a reminder of a horrible past, it supports slavery and groups against African Americans, and the South’s history will not be forgotten without the flag. The Confederate flag stood for the states that supported and fought for slavery. Slavery was difficult times for African Americans. They were treated terribly and no one considered them actual people. “After the Civil War, the U.S. adopted three amendments to the Constitution meant to transform the lives of blacks.... Still, Southern …show more content…
For almost a century blacks were often subjected to violence, including lynching” (Source 2). In the Reconstruction Era, African Americans were treated worse than during slavery, and they were still denied rights. When African Americans see the Confederate flags, even though it has been over one hundred years since slavery and Reconstruction, they are reminded of the hate and racism of the South. An African American news anchor told a story about a NASCAR event and included, “One couple even asked me to come inside their trailer to get something to eat and I said, ‘No thank you,’ and not because I wasn’t hungry. Not because I was being rude, but because of that Confederate flag waving over their trailer. Once again, seemed like nice people, and honestly, I was probably just being paranoid, but if I felt like it, and I went it,