What is the unofficial meaning behind the confederate flag? Scott Hancock, Associate Professor at Gettysburg College states: “The harsh reality is that this flag symbolized the Confederacy's cause: The establishment of a country that depended upon maintaining the systematic denial of independence and freedom to black men, women, and children” (Hancock) Many people support the confederate flag while not knowing the actually meaning. So what is this battle flags actual meaning? Hancock claims that the flag “simply represented Confederate soldiers' valor and commitment to one another.” (Hancock). In the short story “ The Appropriations of Cultures” by Percival Everett, Daniel supporting the confederate flag is more about ending the segregation; while supporting heritage that comes along with the unofficial meaning of the flag, than it is about being a symbol of the racism of the civil war.
Daniel being black himself obviously isn’t racist against his own race. His feelings of supporting…show more content… Which was an attempt at a racial slur. At first the song didn’t have any controversy. But there was a second wave of thoughts about to hit. Shmoop Editorial Team claims “ This second round of debates began in the 1960s when African American students at Southern universities objected to the playing of “Dixie” at school events. The song was implicitly racist, they argued, rooted in the minstrel tradition that grotesquely mocked slaves and their degraded lives. And as the anthem of the confederacy, the song represented the South’s attempts to retain several million African Americans in perpetual bondage.” (Shmoop Editorial Team) When this wave hit it was clear that this is how all African Americans had felt, knowing this, the white frat boys basically wanted to get
