Confederate flag is finally gone at NASCAR races

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Im willing to bet you less than 5 percent of white,,caucasions,,people of color,, and 1 percent of black ,,people of color,,african americans,,could tell you what the confederate flag even means or stands for,,in the year of our Lord 2020,,,:0008

Im also willing to bet you less than 1 percent of any color watch a nascar race.
 
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Well - I'm sure you're right because I don't think more than 5% of the population could tell you about the intended symbolism behind any flag. You can probably count on most of the population of the US knowing that the 50 stars on the US flag are for the states, but that's about it. And even that I wouldn't bet my house on over 50% knowing.
 
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The modern display of flags used by and associated with the Confederate States of America started in response to the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s and continues into the present day. Their revival began with Senator Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrats in reaction to growing public support for racial equality, alongside opposition to civil rights in 1948.[1][2]


A modified version of the "Southern cross" used as the battle flag of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia has become the most popular and is now the most widely recognized symbol of the Confederacy. Displays of flags associated with the Confederacy have long been controversial. Many Southerners associate the Confederate battle flag with pride in Southern heritage, states' rights, historical commemoration of the American Civil War; while others around the country associate it with historical revisionism and glorification of the Civil War (i.e. the Lost Cause myth), racism, slavery, segregation, white supremacy, attempted intimidations of African-Americans and treason.[3][4][5][6]

The flag appears prominently in Birth of a Nation (1915), a highly successful and influential film. The second Ku Klux Klan (1915?1944), a group inspired by this film, was a nativist white supremacist organization that flew the flag exclusively. Margaret Mitchell's novel, Gone with the Wind, led to a brief but intense period of nostalgia for the Old South during which the Confederate flag appeared widely.[15] In the film adaptation, the flag flutters over a scene of vast carnage.

The 1948 Dixiecrat political party extensively used Confederate symbols, including the battle flag, and it contributed to the flag's post-World War II re-popularization.[20] According to historian John Coski, segregationists utilized Confederate symbols since both they and the Confederates had similar goals, that is, opposition to efforts to "change the South's racial status quo." As a result, Coski stated that "There could be no more fitting opposition" to desegregation "than the Confederate battle flag. Although segregationists lost their battle and their cause was discredited, attitudes of white supremacy live on."[21]


In Georgia, the Confederate battle flag was reintroduced as an element of the state flag in 1956, just two years after the Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education. It was considered by many to be a protest against school desegregation.[22] It was also raised at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) during protests against integration of schools.[23]




Members of the Detroit-based National Socialist Movement marching at Market Square in Knoxville, Tennessee - 14 August 2010
Supporters of the flag's continued use claim it is a symbol of Southern ancestry and heritage as well as representing a distinct and independent cultural tradition of the Southern United States from the rest of the country. Some groups use the "southern cross" as one of the symbols associated with their organizations, including groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.[24

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moder...outherners associate the Confederate,), racis
 
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johnnyonthespot said:
Well - I'm sure you're right because I don't think more than 5% of the population could tell you about the intended symbolism behind any flag. You can probably count on most of the population of the US knowing that the 50 stars on the US flag are for the states, but that's about it. And even that I wouldn't bet my house on over 50% knowing.
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Agree.....And what is funny to me is the media says nascar ratings are up after they announced the removal of confederate flags,,NO<<<nascar ratings were up because you could bet on it and it was the only live sporting event last night on TV...AND,,would also bet you less than 1 percent of the population could name you 3 nascar drivers that raced last night..
 
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these redneck nascar people aint having this


this will start a shitstorm once they can go to racing again.


better bring the national guard out

they will need to slice thru the crowds like butter
 
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Not being from the South or being a NASCAR fan, that flag means nothing to me, that being said, I remember back in school that book burning doesn't fit well with freedom.

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these redneck nascar people aint having this


this will start a shitstorm once they can go to racing again.


better bring the national guard out

they will need to slice thru the crowds like butter
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10 years ago I would have agreed with this ,,Today I think nascar has lost those hard core red neck nascar guys,,along with ratings,,when they gave a woman and a hispanic a chance to drive a car,,and now they have an african american,,black,,person of color,,however they choose to identify that doesn't hurt feelings,,driving a black lives matter car last night.I think bubba packed up and took his beer and his sister and his money away from nascar.Just my opinoin,,,African americans,etc etc make up 70 percent of all NFL and NBA rosters,,but look in the stands and the whites are 95 percent of the fans paying for a ticket,,or corporate is giving them to the employees who are also white? Time will tell
 
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johnnyonthespot said:
Well - I'm sure you're right because I don't think more than 5% of the population could tell you about the intended symbolism behind any flag. You can probably count on most of the population of the US knowing that the 50 stars on the US flag are for the states, but that's about it. And even that I wouldn't bet my house on over 50% knowing.
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They may get the stars right, but not the 13 stripes. LOL :scared...?..Some think the confederate flag is a Dukes of Hazard's flag. :0008
 
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I'm looking forward to when the war on Rap Music starts.....It will be great that segment of our lives straightened out too....Whole lot of hate going on in some of those songs....:0008
 
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jas4bama said:
Im willing to bet you less than 5 percent of white,,caucasions,,people of color,, and 1 percent of black ,,people of color,,african americans,,could tell you what the confederate flag even means or stands for,,in the year of our Lord 2020,,,:0008

Im also willing to bet you less than 1 percent of any color watch a nascar race.
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It stands for treason. Spin it however you like.
 
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jas4bama said:
10 years ago I would have agreed with this ,,Today I think nascar has lost those hard core red neck nascar guys,,along with ratings,,when they gave a woman and a hispanic a chance to drive a car,,and now they have an african american,,black,,person of color,,however they choose to identify that doesn't hurt feelings,,driving a black lives matter car last night.I think bubba packed up and took his beer and his sister and his money away from nascar.Just my opinoin,,,African americans,etc etc make up 70 percent of all NFL and NBA rosters,,but look in the stands and the whites are 95 percent of the fans paying for a ticket,,or corporate is giving them to the employees who are also white? Time will tell
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NASCAR's apex was February 18, 2001 and it's been all downhill from there.
 
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