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Confederate Flag

            The Confederate flag first came out during the late1850's when the south decided to succeed from the United States of America. It represents the heritage and history of the south. They hung this flag as their nations flag in war against the United States. After the war the flag represented the shameful slavery and segregation of the south. In the 1950s and the 1960s they started hanging the flag up again on the state's Capitol buildings during the civil rights movements to show their southern tradition and to try to keep segregation. Today in some states the flag is still hung, and this should not be acceptable. .
             First off I don't think the flag should be hung because of what it represents now. Southerners during the Civil War and loyal southerners now say the flag has nothing to do with slavery or segregation that it represents the good old south. They good old south was But during the civil rights movements it was used as a hate symbol to the African Americans. To this day the Klu Klux Klan and many other hate groups use the flag. So hanging the flag in the south is like saying they represent the segregation of the civil right and the slavery of the civil war or that they support the hate groups like the Klan. Not allowing states to hang this flag could help eliminate some racism, because of the hate symbol the flag represents today. Hanging the flag up just pisses a lot people off. Yes I do agree that it means a lot to the southerners but they symbol of hate shows through more than anything else. .
             Secondly the Confederate flag is an enemy flag of the United States. Even though it represents the south it is still a flag of the enemy. Although the civil war was Americans vs. Americans the south succeeded from the United States, making themselves the Confederate States or America, causing a war that kept or nation together. I would almost consider that treason, because it represents a separation in our nation.


Essays Related to Confederate Flag

1. History of the Confederate Flag

The Confederate Battle Flag is one of the most misunderstood objects in the U.S.A. ... Many groups still today fly the Union flag, not the Confederate Battle Flag. ... Another common mistake is that the Confederate Battle Flag symbolizes slavery. ... I have found 11 of the many Confederate Flags. ... Navy Jack, The Stars and Bars, The Stainless Banner, The Last Confederate Flag or the Third Confederate Flag, The Confederate Battle Flag, and Robert E. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

2. Confederate Flag

The Rebel Battle Flag: Side Two To commemorate the Civil War's Centennial, the State of South Carolina hoisted the Confederate Flag proudly above its state capitol building in 1962. ... This would be as ludicrous as saying that because some hate groups have picked up the Confederate flag as their banner, it is strictly symbolic of hatred. ... The results showed: 32% view the flag as a symbol of racism, 61% view it as a symbol of Southern "heritage" that honors the Confederate dead, and 7% say it is not a bad symbol, but they would like it removed if keeping it aloft will cost the st...

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  • Grade Level: High School

3. The Confederate Flag: An Inspiration to Ignorance

We have all heard of disputes between those wanting to fly the Confederate flag, and those wanting it torn down and burned. ... In Richmond, there was talk for a time of removing all of the Confederate monuments honoring the thousands that died in the defense of their state. ... The problem with the flag is a problem of 140 year old politics. ... The flag symbolizes Southern pride, heritage, and history. ... Ignorance is the reason why someone is looked at in disgust when flying a Confederate flag. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

4. Rhetorical Appeal Analysis of Confederate Flag Articles

The target of her protest is the Confederate flag that has flown over the South Carolina State Capitol building since 1861. ... After introducing his view that the Confederate flag is a racist symbol and supporting it, Cloud makes a concession that not all bearers of the flag are racist. ... His character becomes more credible to both sides of the Confederate Flag controversy. ... He mentions the Confederate flag as used in fashion and its relation to Elvis and Hank Williams. ... Rolen makes an appeal to his audience by saying "the time has come to honor and respect the Confederate flag". ...

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5. Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz

One of the crucial issues there is a high school rally where parents fight to keep the Rebel mascot and assert their right to display the Confederate flag. ... " However, her hypocrisy is evident through her adamant defense of the rebel flag. ... Another vivid account of racism occurs in Kentucky when Horwitz watches events unfold after Freddie Morrow, an African American teenager shots a young white man 'for' displaying the Confederate flag. The controversy around the crime concerns the rights of Southerners to display the Confederate flag. The Confederate Flag represents widel...

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  • Grade Level: High School

6. Southern Cross with a Cause

Southern Cross with a Cause The Army of Northern Virginia developed the Confederate battle flag because the 1st Official Confederate national flag (see figure 1& 2), often referred to as the Stars and Bars, closely resembled the American flag (see figure 4). ... If voters reject the new flag, the bill includes a provision that would allow them to choose between two other flags "one of which is the Confederate Southern Cross. ... In another case, a local Catholic church here in Lafayette will not allow the unfurling of any Confederate flag on its grounds when honoring the Confe...

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  • Grade Level: High School

7. A War of Words

Following their defeat, the Confederate Flag, aptly nick-named the stars and bars, was done away with, and along with it, the freedom of the Southerner's, or so they felt. ... His title, "Confederate Flag "so un-Southern,"" is interesting enough to get the reader curious, but it lacks real pizzazz. ... "The answer to the Confederate flag controversy is so obvious - and so Southern - even Southerners sometimes can't see it."" ... He argues that Confederate flag supporters are so lost in their fight to fly the flag that they can't see that "the solution lies in the heart of ...

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8. Union Strategic Military Planning

Both the Union and Confederates had their methods of fighting this war, only one side wins. ... One of those few advantages the Confederates had was the pure fact of fighting on their home frontier. ... Confederates did not possess naval force. ... The Union's initial goal was to accommodate the Union by uniting states and not tolerating slavery.10 The belief of the Union was that the South had absolutely no right to just secede from the rest of the pack and was a red flag to start a war. ... Throughout the war, the Confederates maintained same goals and the North had to revise goals. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

9. Summary of Derek Bok

Bok's view briefly is that although the First Amendment protects speech, it does not necessarily mean that it is right, proper or civil His essay was prompted by the display of Confederate flags hung from a window of a Harvard dormitory. ... Lately racism problems have occurred including one at Harvard University where confederate flags were hung and this offended students who believe the flag represents slavery. ... While the majority Harvard students would not be offended by the flags, if there is a small percentage that is we must take that into account. ... Bok read from the Sup...

  • Word Count: 590
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

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