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<blockquote data-quote="Gxg (G²)" data-source="post: 63499183" data-attributes="member: 238335"><p>Being a Southerner myself as well as black - and growing up with an aversion to the flag for what it came to symbolize - I find it fascinating to see how there are cases of blacks who owned/supported Confederate Flags in the same way that others supported the use of a swastika for what it originally represented instead of demonizing it for what it came to be used for by corrupt groups:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://blackhistorysite.net/article1001.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2518b5"><strong>Black</strong> History Site - The <strong>Confederate Flag</strong> : America's Scapegoat</span></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/05/black-student-defends-his-confederate-flag/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2518b5">Opinion: <strong>Black</strong> student defends his <strong>Confederate flag</strong> In America </span></a></li> </ul><p>Historically, it was already the case that you had blacks fighting on the side of the Confederacy ( more shared here in #<a href="http://www.christianforums.com/t7716382/#post62191172" target="_blank"><strong>1</strong></a> & #<a href="http://www.christianforums.com/t7716382-2/#post62634447" target="_blank"><strong>15</strong></a>) - as <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=8PCI20OHCz0C&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=Blacks++who+fought+for+the+Confederacy&source=bl&ots=lgPJMRxjcc&sig=crTLjhCfqWrXt5_QfKqPdMNqXzE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qrBOUO2cJYbu0gG8_IGgCA&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Blacks%20%20who%20fought%20for%20the%20Confederacy&f=false" target="_blank">many blacks fought in the Civil War on the side of the South</a> <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=6EFDzEE1uO0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Blacks++who+fought+for+the+Confederacy&source=bl&ots=2Y6W212M2F&sig=jD5b9mYGJqS8cj8bfy_10-JhsGw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qrBOUO2cJYbu0gG8_IGgCA&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Blacks%20%20who%20fought%20for%20the%20Confederacy&f=false" target="_blank">for their own reasons - freedom being one of them</a> (more <a href="http://www.scv-kirby-smith.org/Black%20Confederate.htm" target="_blank">here</a>/<a href="https://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2005/02/28/more-buried-history-black-slave-owners-in-the-us/" target="_blank">here </a>/<a href="http://dclawyeronthecivilwar.blogspot.com/2011/06/rumor-of-black-confederates-at-vienna.html" target="_blank">here</a>)as <a href="http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/did-black-americans-actually-fight-for-the-confederacy" target="_blank">well as the fact that not all in the South endorsed slavery nor abuse as many in the North claimed---and for them, the North often didn't have much to offer</a>) - and thus, we have to be honest with our use of historical evidence on what symbols mean to others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gxg (G²), post: 63499183, member: 238335"] Being a Southerner myself as well as black - and growing up with an aversion to the flag for what it came to symbolize - I find it fascinating to see how there are cases of blacks who owned/supported Confederate Flags in the same way that others supported the use of a swastika for what it originally represented instead of demonizing it for what it came to be used for by corrupt groups: [LIST] [*][URL="http://blackhistorysite.net/article1001.html"][COLOR=#2518b5][B]Black[/B] History Site - The [B]Confederate Flag[/B] : America's Scapegoat[/COLOR][/URL] [*][URL="http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/05/black-student-defends-his-confederate-flag/"][COLOR=#2518b5]Opinion: [B]Black[/B] student defends his [B]Confederate flag[/B] In America [/COLOR][/URL] [/LIST]Historically, it was already the case that you had blacks fighting on the side of the Confederacy ( more shared here in #[URL="http://www.christianforums.com/t7716382/#post62191172"][B]1[/B][/URL] & #[URL="http://www.christianforums.com/t7716382-2/#post62634447"][B]15[/B][/URL]) - as [URL="http://books.google.com/books?id=8PCI20OHCz0C&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=Blacks++who+fought+for+the+Confederacy&source=bl&ots=lgPJMRxjcc&sig=crTLjhCfqWrXt5_QfKqPdMNqXzE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qrBOUO2cJYbu0gG8_IGgCA&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Blacks%20%20who%20fought%20for%20the%20Confederacy&f=false"]many blacks fought in the Civil War on the side of the South[/URL] [URL="http://books.google.com/books?id=6EFDzEE1uO0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Blacks++who+fought+for+the+Confederacy&source=bl&ots=2Y6W212M2F&sig=jD5b9mYGJqS8cj8bfy_10-JhsGw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qrBOUO2cJYbu0gG8_IGgCA&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Blacks%20%20who%20fought%20for%20the%20Confederacy&f=false"]for their own reasons - freedom being one of them[/URL] (more [URL="http://www.scv-kirby-smith.org/Black%20Confederate.htm"]here[/URL]/[URL="https://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2005/02/28/more-buried-history-black-slave-owners-in-the-us/"]here [/URL]/[URL="http://dclawyeronthecivilwar.blogspot.com/2011/06/rumor-of-black-confederates-at-vienna.html"]here[/URL])as [URL="http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/did-black-americans-actually-fight-for-the-confederacy"]well as the fact that not all in the South endorsed slavery nor abuse as many in the North claimed---and for them, the North often didn't have much to offer[/URL]) - and thus, we have to be honest with our use of historical evidence on what symbols mean to others. [/QUOTE]
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