Pressure is growing for the divisive Confederate battle flag to be removed from South Carolina’s State House grounds. Ever since the suspect in the Charleston shooting was seen posing with one, the flag has become a focus of anger for many in the town. State governor Nikki Haley agrees it should be removed:“This is a moment in which we can say that that flag, while an integral part of our past, does not represent the future of our great state. The murderer now locked up in Charleston, said he hoped his actions would start a race war. We have an opportunity to show that not only was he wrong, but that just the opposite is happening.”
The flag is considered an emblem of slavery since it was taken up by the Confederate South in the US civil war. Today it has become a rallying symbol of racism and xenophobia.
INC News, 23/06/2015 - via Euronews
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