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struggle4progress

(118,319 posts)
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 03:26 AM Oct 2015

Christiansburg's Confederates aren't thinking clearly (VA)

Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2015 2:00 am
By Bob Crawford

... flawed thinking and missed opportunity rules the day ... Surely the students must be aware that the Confederate battle flag has widely been — and still is — displayed for the purpose of racist intimidation and expression of hatred ... I have not seen a protester asked to say what he or she thinks is the feeling of black students when the Confederate battle flag is displayed ...

http://www.roanoke.com/opinion/commentary/crawford-christiansburg-s-confederates-aren-t-thinking-clearly/article_054a6758-00fa-59cc-bde7-dbafcad6b66a.html

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