Flags of the Confederate States of America

The ongoing debate about the confederate flag is a sensitive subject for many Americans and people around the world. When regarding Americans alone, there seems to be roughly two sided views about the confederate flag. One view of the flag, is that it is a symbol of their southern heritage and the other view sees it as a symbol that represents racism, colonialism and white supremacy with a deep rooted pain that the symbol brings. My view on the confederate flag is that it should not be present…

of the top debates in the United State is whether or not the Confederate Flag should be displayed at government buildings. The history, symbols and colors of the flag do not provide an accurate view of how a nation once divided, came together. Government officials, African American and white, feel constant pressure to resolve the debate to remove the flag from government buildings. While supporters of the Confederate Flag may say it is part of history, this flag represents slavery and the harsh…

point of my editorial/opinion article is racism based on Dr. Ben Carson’s respond to the confederate flag. Carson was asked about the confederate flag, after a NASCAR appearance and his response was reasonable. He stated that NASCAR fans should continue to fly the flags as long as it’s in private property. As our amendments state we have the right to express our beliefs. I disagree with the confederate flag, it symbols a hard time here in American, such as slavery and white supremacy. Those…

The Confederate Flag In 1860-1861 eleven southern states seceded from the United States to protect the institution of slavery, forming the Confederate States of America and precipitating the Civil War. During the war, the Confederacy and its military forces used a lot of different flags, but the flag that became most associated with the Confederacy was the battle flag. Organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans adopted the flag as a symbol of Southern heritage but the flag also…

Displaying the Confederate flag is bigoted and sour grapes, in my humble opinion. The Confederacy lost the Civil War, yet a few southern states there were part of this failed rebel government hold onto this part of history by displaying the losing flag on their state banners. The first amendment protects individual citizens right to display the flag of the Confederacy on their car, or in their home, but this emblem should not extend to state buildings. Some historical revisionists have tried to…

The past few years have been very difficult for every black person living in the United States. Disastrous things have been happening, from Trayvon Martin to Sandra Bland. It seems like we cannot go one day without hearing another tragedy within the black community appear on the news. The fight to end racial inequality seems everlasting, many people are tired of it, and not just average black citizens, even the celebrities. Many African American stars are too scared of the media’s reaction to…

The American Civil War was fought to meet the pending succession of the eleven states that made up the Confederate States of America. The root causes of differences between the Confederacy and the Union were slavery and sectionalism. Sectionalism refers to playing the needs of one section of the nation over the nation as a whole. In addition to these differences geographical and economic development led to the sense of the nation as divided. The South saw their fighting as “rebuilding the…

many ways it shapes our knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, values and experiences. The United States of America is described as being a “melting pot” of many different cultures from around the world. Today, as the world continues to become more interconnected through technology and commerce people around the world have built emotional and cultural attachments to their favorite things. Coca-Cola, the Confederate flag and Football are examples of things that some Americans have to chosen identify…

primary sources stated throughout him. He discusses the current problems that America is facing today on the issues of race in the following two videos: “Charleston Shooting a Chance to Reexamine History”, and “150 years after the Civil War, America is Not Post Racial”. Despite these videos appearing to be on entirely different issues to the American public, Ken Burns brings up the argument in both videos, of Americas’ continual issues with race and misinterpretations of history since the Civil…

ended and that was also the day the 13th amendment was ratified into the Constitution. African Americans don’t see the flag as a symbol for anything except for racism. The Kul Klux Klan actually used this flag as a symbol for racism, and not every white American uses the flag for that purpose. Also the flag was not the original flag for the Confederacy. Not all Africans see the flag as a bad symbol, but most do and that is all because of slavery. Slavery happened because of the fact that the…