Hindering or Helpful?
Is it possible that your history and heritage could hinder, as well as help you? In my opinion, it is possible. The heritage of the Mississippi flag is hindering our state from moving forward. The Mississippi flag, which is partially made of the Confederate Flag, represents a part of our history that should not be ceremonialized. Racist people use the flags as symbols of hate and racism. Some people feel that our state doesn’t want to move forward and bring the people closer together by changing the flag since it would take very little effort to change the flag. Let’s discuss these reasons that the flag should come down. The flag represents a history that we don’t want to ceremonialized. For some people, the flag symbolizes …show more content…
Our flag is partially the Confederate Flag, and William T. Thompson, the creator of the Confederate Flag, said “As a people we are fighting to maintain the heavenly ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race.” (https://danielmiessler.com/blog/william-thompson-designed-confederate-flag-racist-symbol/#gs.YS0KbY4). Even today, racist people use it as a sign of superiority. “Our state flag was parade around today by violent white supremacists aiming to take back ‘their’ country” (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/confederate-flag-mississippi-state-charlottsveille_us_59930a84e4b08a247277809e). This shows that our flag is still used for racist reasons even though our country should have moved forward from that. Some citizens blame the state government for the recent conflict. It would take little effort to change the flag. There is already a design for a new flag. It has 20 stars on a blue square to symbolize Mississippi’s role as the 20th state. All the government would have to do is approve of the flag. Other people think they should ban the Confederate Flag. Nazis and Swastikas are illegal in Germany, because they lost their war. The Confederates lost the war. Why isn’t the Confederate Flag illegal in the United States? Again, it wouldn’t take much effort to ban
Is it possible that your history and heritage could hinder, as well as help you? In my opinion, it is possible. The heritage of the Mississippi flag is hindering our state from moving forward. The Mississippi flag, which is partially made of the Confederate Flag, represents a part of our history that should not be ceremonialized. Racist people use the flags as symbols of hate and racism. Some people feel that our state doesn’t want to move forward and bring the people closer together by changing the flag since it would take very little effort to change the flag. Let’s discuss these reasons that the flag should come down. The flag represents a history that we don’t want to ceremonialized. For some people, the flag symbolizes …show more content…
Our flag is partially the Confederate Flag, and William T. Thompson, the creator of the Confederate Flag, said “As a people we are fighting to maintain the heavenly ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race.” (https://danielmiessler.com/blog/william-thompson-designed-confederate-flag-racist-symbol/#gs.YS0KbY4). Even today, racist people use it as a sign of superiority. “Our state flag was parade around today by violent white supremacists aiming to take back ‘their’ country” (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/confederate-flag-mississippi-state-charlottsveille_us_59930a84e4b08a247277809e). This shows that our flag is still used for racist reasons even though our country should have moved forward from that. Some citizens blame the state government for the recent conflict. It would take little effort to change the flag. There is already a design for a new flag. It has 20 stars on a blue square to symbolize Mississippi’s role as the 20th state. All the government would have to do is approve of the flag. Other people think they should ban the Confederate Flag. Nazis and Swastikas are illegal in Germany, because they lost their war. The Confederates lost the war. Why isn’t the Confederate Flag illegal in the United States? Again, it wouldn’t take much effort to ban