The_Confederate_Flag_Controversy

The Confederate Flag Controversy Living in this diversified country, the one thing that everyone has in common is the fact that we all live under the American Flag. It symbolizes that this is the land of the free, and represents a part of this country’s history just as the Confederate Flag does. The Confederate flag for some people is a symbol of racism and oppression. For others it remains a nostalgic source of pride. Still for others, it’s simple design grants testament to that turbulent era in American history, where American stood against American, glared one another in the eye, and attacked with barely a thought as to why. Is history destined to repeat itself' Are we as Americans prepared to divide ourselves again over the Confederate flag' Will there ever be a day when at last man can sit back; taking with him one thing that has escaped unscathed from controversy' I think not! I fear we live in a restless society where issues like the Confederate flag will always be a problem. What symbol is so important that we spend years debating over, we waste lives fighting for, our best minds quarrelling over, and precious manpower defending' flag, confederate, slaves, new, symbol, states, southern, slave, battle, slavery, over, klan, war, years, people, south, one, naacp, heritage, civil, american, first, america, against, state, racism, own, kkk, groups, brought, been, trade, north, free, even