Friday, July 03, 2015

Bree Newsome Speaks For The First Time After Courageous Act of Civil Disobedience-Down With The Confederate Flag Of Slavery

Bree Newsome Speaks For The First Time After Courageous Act of Civil Disobedience

Brittany “Bree” Newsome, in a courageous act of civil disobedience, scaled a metal pole using a climbing harness, to remove the flag from the grounds of the South Carolina state capitol (click on the picture on left tp view video in your browser):For far too long, white supremacy has dominated the politics of America resulting in the creation of racist laws and cultural practices designed to subjugate non-whites. And the emblem of the confederacy, the stars and bars, in all its manifestations, has long been the most recognizable banner of this political ideology. It’s the banner of racial intimidation and fear whose popularity experiences an uptick whenever black Americans appear to be making gains economically and politically in this country.  More


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