>> but the school district says [the Confederate flag is] also a symbol of hatred.
Somewhere along the way, I think history, as most understand it, fails to tell the whole story. I wouldn’t be surprised if the views of slavery were well distributed throughout the land, where no region, North or South, truly owned one perspective or the other.
Sometimes it seems like the edicts, like those issued by the school, are really about retribution masquerading as sensitivity and understanding.
Slavery is evil, bad, wrong, immoral - nearly everyone understands this and agrees. But, the position the school is taking reinforces a negative perspective that many argue is incorrect. I’d like to know more about the history of the flag, and how it’s become such a controversial symbol of slavery.
In addition to the comments in this thread, there are also some great comments in this thread from 2007 which you may find interesting and informative.
Texas students sue to carry purses decorated with Confederate flag