The flag is an important part of American history and should always be respected.

I would like to know why the majority of people that claim this flag stands for racist beliefs are usually from the North. It is a strange coincidence.

Now i just so happen to be righting a research paper on the history of this flag thats how I came across this website. I'd like to share some of my discoveries.

During the beginnings of the civil war the largest plantation with the most slaves of the CSA just happened to be owned by a free black man.

The majority of black rebel soldiers fought along side white men and were treated equally when it came to food rations, weapons, etc.... While in the Northern Army the black soldiers would try to flee do to their poor treatment. Contrary to what most modern day northerners think back in those times the north had their fair share of slaves as well. Just not the numbers the south did because the northern economy had moved away from an agricultural based to a more industry based economy. So the norths need for slaves was not a great as the Souths.

But like some reviewers have said before "the winners write the history". The Battle flag, which is one of many confederate flags, no more stands for racism than the present day American flag. This skewed belief arose when the KKK started using it to represent themselves with it, but they equally use the American flag as well so why is the Battle Flag labeled with racist connotation? Because the winners write the history. It's as simple as that. I bet out of the 40 some people that voted it as representing racism, 35 or better didn't grow up in the south.

If you truly believe this flag represents racism then you need to go to youtube and look up "blacks and the (rebel, confederate, southern flag)" or whatever else you people want to misname it because you don't know any of the history behind it and see what intelligent southern blacks have to say about our shared history.