You appear to know, but to those who don't, the Stars and Bars, aka. Confederate Battle Flag, aka Rebel Flag, is what was on the GA state flag. IT WAS NOT THE FLAG OF THE CONFEDERACY OR THE CONFEDERATE FLAG. There is a difference.....
However an interesting note in GA is that the Rebel Flag was not on the State Flag until the Civil Rights movement.....whether it was truly put on to escalate racial tensions, make a political statement, or anything else negative is pretty much up in the air....however I can certainly understand how it is
perceived to be an anti-black movement by the government of the state regardless of its true intention (which, of course, may have been racist).
There are a lot of problems with black cultures around the US. In states such as GA there is a huge problem where black culture alienates them from the predominantly white society. There's nothing wrong with being taught to have pride in your culture and your heritage, however an attitude that is taught in many cities throughout the state is that you shouldn't play The Man's game. Don't accept handouts from The Man because he's just tryin to keep you down, going into the regular business world is just playin The Man's game, etc etc etc. It's utterly ridiculous, really, and is an alienating attitude toward things. There is a certain element of cultural pride in jive, ebonics, Black English, etc. and learning how to speak "proper English" is again considered playin The Man's game.....
Yeah I know it sounds pretty funny, but it's the basic truth. My father puts up with this shit every day in school where he teaches a variety of students from a variety of backgrounds, many of them low-income blacks. They value education the least of any of the groups in his classes, but it's not just the students, it's the parents. In their culture education isn't considered a good thing, it's more of The Man's games......
And I'm referring here to the GA black culture that I've been exposed to, I'm not saying all blacks in the US live by that same culture.....
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