Symbolic Expressions: Should Confederate Flag Be Banned?
Bravo! to the column “Johnny Reb Waves a Tale of Slavery: If Flags Means So Much, Stifle Displays of Confederate Banners,” by Jamin Raskin, a former assistant attorney general of Massachusetts, and editor of the Harvard Law Review (Op-Ed Page, July 12).
As an American with an Irish maternal grandfather, paternal grandmother of American Indian heritage, as well as a good mixture of African American blood, I find the numerous displays of the Confederate flag in our society not only a personal insult, but a treacherous disloyalty to the families and men who fought and died in the Civil War.
Why is this symbolism of contempt for the United States, and our government, allowed to remain a “freedom” as it were? Not to mention the slap in the face to millions of African American citizens who strive to rise above the history of injustice and oppression that slavery of any human being represents.
When will “lip service” to justice end, and true “heart-searching” moral convictions emerge in our “free” country? The second coming is a reality. Get ready to answer.
TERILYNN HENDERSON
Los Angeles
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