A Future without the
Rebel Flag
For over 400 years, racism has plagued
America. From slavery to modern times
racism has troubled our nation in many ways.
The feeling, attitude, or belief that one race is better than another is
a very perverse way for anyone to think.
When it comes to racism there are iconic symbols in American
history. The rebel flag in its many
different variations’ has a toxic reputation of racism. It’s the rebel flag and its many different
forms that must be removed from all states’ capitol buildings.
The rebel flag itself has flown for
many years during and after the civil war.
Regardless of the after effects of the civil war the rebel flag to me is
a device of evil. Now I do know that in
those days of the civil war only rich men owned slaves. In those days a man who was considered a
planter was automatically freed of duty having to fight in the civil war. A planter was a man who was able to afford
20 slaves or more. With this being
stated The Civil War was a rich man’s war but a poor man’s fight. It’s information like this that prolongs racism
in many different ways. For example,
since a poor white man had to fight in The Civil War and a rich white man was
entitled not too, this showcased the divisions within society in those
times. So a poor white man had to use
slavery to subject himself higher than a slave. So the poor white man had to convince himself that he was better
than a slave just because he was white.
I also have reason to believe that in order to keep the balance of power
at hand the rich white man feed the same lie to the poor white man. With this unjust diabolical method he used
this to keep his stronghold on both the slave and the poor white man. As I know these dangerous fallacies still
continue to provoke racial tension in many different ways. Many rich whites and poor whites still feel
wrongfully entitled to everything. A
former slave to become a free man is not supposed to have anything. It was these systematic lies that made the
situation of racism even more problematic in those times and now. As a result the rebel flag continues to be
an iconic symbol of racism and crazy ignorant bigotry.
With the divisions of races and the
evil process of slavery I believe the rebel flag is used to preach racial
segregation. Many whites say that to
remove the rebel flag would not change anything. Their argument is that you can’t change history. With this I strongly disagree because
history you can’t change but at the same time with proper education you can
change how people think. For example
many whites have said to me “We don’t treat yall like that anymore so you can’t
say we are racist.” With this I say the
damage that was done way back then cannot be changed also. To expand on my point is the physical,
emotional, and spiritual damage that was done back then still affects blacks
today. The racism endured by the black
race has damaged the overall psyche of all blacks young and old. So by taking down the rebel flag for me is
not about trying to change history but it is about trying to repair or
rehabilitate the black psyche.
