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When I was in Mississippi this week, I looked up & saw the state flag waving above me, the confederate flag embedded in its top corner.
It remains so appalling that such a flag is allowed to exist at all, but *especially* in a state w/the highest % of black ppl in the country.
It remains so appalling that such a flag is allowed to exist at all, but *especially* in a state w/the highest % of black ppl in the country.
We’ve been over this before, we know the Confederate flag represents treason, we know it represents white supremacy, we know it represents a lie about this country that has been told over & over again.
And yet, in 2019, it still sits conspicuously within the Mississippi flag.
And yet, in 2019, it still sits conspicuously within the Mississippi flag.
We can’t disentangle a decision to wear blackface from a story this country has long told about black ppl.
And we can’t disentangle the story this country has long told about black ppl from a Confederate flag flying in a state w/the largest % of black folks.
It’s all connected.
And we can’t disentangle the story this country has long told about black ppl from a Confederate flag flying in a state w/the largest % of black folks.
It’s all connected.
