I am a black man living in Northern Virginia. Even though I live only a few miles from the Maryland border, certain people here believe they are absolutely a part of the old south. And they ACT like it! The Republican Governor of this state, and his Republican lackeys, run Virginia like a bunch of ass-backward good ol' boys from the swamps of Mississippi. It is stupid and it makes little sense...
Speaking of Mississippi!
I am appalled by the confederate flag. And, you can't convince me that it means nothing, in this modern time, except the racist expression of a huge portion of the population of the US of A. Period!
And, in Mississippi, where the horrors of racism is scarred on every face, every soul and every mind of the black people living there... the education of racism is written on everything.
How can workers at the state Supreme Court building purchase a Confederate Battle Flag, transport it to the building, unwrap the flag, position the flag so that the ringlets are positioned correctly to be attached to the rope to be run up the pole, look at that flag to make sure it looks correct as it flaps in the breeze and eventually walk away from the scene and NOT notice that they just put up the most hated American flag there is?
WTF!
If black workers ran that flag up that pole, then shame on them for their ignorance. And I hope they are now educated in what they shouldn't even be touching!
If white workers ran that flag up that pole -- that was on purpose! Those men knew what the hell they were doing and were trying to make a point.
Either way, ignorance sometimes is stupidity... or blatant racism!
I wonder what the answer is!
RLJ
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