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In article <slrn9i57ce.nj3.kt-alt@pug1.sprocketshop.com>, Kenneth P. Turvey
says...
>
>On Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:50:00 -0500, Boomer <Boomer@NuKeSpaM.ROCK> wrote:
>>Mayor Slay says he wants to be a "Mayor for all the people", so he
>>removed the state flags of Mississippi and Georgia from the City Hall
>>rotunda, because they are embedded with the confederate battle flag.  I
>>guess "all the people" doesn't mean those with a southern heritage.
>
>I was having a debate about this issue with a friend of mine some time
>ago... I just didn't see spending time on the issue >at this late date.

What color is your skin?


>I didn't see the confederate flag as a symbol of slavery, but of the
>confederacy.  I really wouldn't care if all the states took it out of
>their flags, but I would have prefered they spent their time on other
>issues.

Oh, you know how these State's Righter's can be....

>
>He said something would change my opinion on this issue considerably.
>Apparently many states included the confederate flag in their states
>flags durring the political battles of the civil rights movment.  If
>this is the case it really was a slap in the face to the people of color
>in the communities... one that should be rectified.  The people this act
>was intended to offend are still alive.  Their children are still alive.  
>
>Unfortunately I haven't had the time to verify this. 

You might look into a "colored" person's face to "verify" this...honestly.


>
>Does anyone have any information about when the confederate flags were
>made a part of the flags of Mississippi and Georgia? 
In Georgia's case it was 1964 or so...MS would  follow...this was done as a
reaction to Federal anti - racist legislation (e.g. LBJ's Voting Rights
Act.....).

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Best
Greg