Thirty years later? What took them so long for all the controversy?
FWIW from 5 years ago:
“I take exception to those who say that the flag on the General Lee should always be considered a symbol of racism,” Schneider tells The Hollywood Reporter. “Is the flag used as such in other applications? Yes, but certainly not on the Dukes. If the flag was a symbol of racism, then Bo and Luke and Daisy and Uncle Jesse were a pack of wild racists and that could not be further from the truth.”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-schneider-confederate-flag-dukes-804933