The Confederate Flag: A View from Tougaloo (MS)
By Beverly Hogan and Wesley Prater Wednesday
September 16, 2015 10:11 a.m. CDT
... We have followed the debate and commentary on the removal of the Confederate flag, as we have watched old wounds open that so many people of goodwill have worked to heal. As leaders of the historic Tougaloo College, we are sensitive to the significance of history, the imperative of inclusion and consideration for diversity and divergent opinions. However, the Confederate flag has become a divisive matter and seriously threatens the unification of the people of our state as much as the Jim Crow laws divided us.
It is time for men and women of vision and goodwill to stand together again—lend their voices to the debate—and inspiringly convince our governor and other elected officials that the time has come to remove the emblem of the Confederate battle flag from our state flag ...
The Confederate flag, notwithstanding the sordid past representation of treason, pro-slavery, white supremacy and racial oppression, flown in present day reality, sends a negative message that obstructs progressive 21st-century social and cultural values ... And our state's continued waving of the Confederate battle flag is an indicator that our dark past is more prevailing than our bright future.
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