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Meet the 35 House members voted against changing Mississippi's state flag, a symbol of white supremacy, racism, and hatred: a thread! 👀 #itstime #VoteThemOut2023 #msleg #mselex 1/
Representative @tracyarnoldd3 (H.D. 3—Alcorn, Prentiss) voted against changing Mississippi's state flag, a symbol of white supremacy, racism, and hatred. #itstime #WeSeeYou #VoteThemOut2023 #msleg #mselex 2/ 
Representative @RepShaneBarnett (H.D. 86—Greene, Perry, Wayne) voted against changing Mississippi's state flag, a symbol of white supremacy, racism, and hatred. #itstime #WeSeeYou #VoteThemOut2023 #msleg #mselex 3/
To the Mississippi legislature: It’s time to change the state flag.
I am a proud MS girl and I love my home state. When I think of Mississippi, I think of my mom and dad, the church I grew up in, high school football, and where I fell in love with music.
I am a proud MS girl and I love my home state. When I think of Mississippi, I think of my mom and dad, the church I grew up in, high school football, and where I fell in love with music.
Now, it is time for the world to meet the Mississippi of today and not the Mississippi of 1894 (when the MS legislature voted on the current flag).
I understand many view the current flag as a symbol of heritage and Southern pride, but we have to realize that this flag is a direct symbol of terror for our black brothers and sisters.
Times like these remind me of how much I can’t stand the state flag of Mississippi! It infuriates me that the only reason this symbol of white supremacy still stands is that white supremacists want it up and because politicians crave their votes. #TakeItDownMS
Every time the nation erupts in racial tumult again, nothing a Mississippi flag supporter says in regard to racial equity makes sense. That’s why the current governor, Tate Reeves’ words ring so hollow. Take down the flag!
“But taking down the flag won’t solve racism!” Nope. It won’t. No one is arguing that. But flying the flag as a symbol of this state (and nation by corollary) does active harm. Folks like me who give a darn about Black lives can’t see it as anything but a defiant display of hate.
