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William T. Thompson was a journalist who created the Confederate flag design. In 1863, the Confederate flag design he created was adopted as the official flag of the Confederate States of America.
The official flag of the Confederacy was a blue square in the upper left corner with a variance of 7 to 13 stars in a circle, two thick red stripes top and bottom and an equally thick white stripe in the middle of the two. It is often refereed to as the "stars and bars". The confederate battle flag was the same design as the confederate navy jack as seen in some other variants of the confederate flag, but elongated to form a rectangular shape. the battle flag is the most widely known confederate flag.
It might be that the Confederate flag is a symbol of a war that consumed 650,000 lives, and a symbol of the government whose position was slavery everywhere, slavery forever. It might be that the Confederate flag is preferred today by white supremacists and segregationists. Or it might just be that black people have a strong patriotic preference for the lawful flag of the United States.
Because it is not a racist symbol. It is the flag of the Confederate States of America. A person who chooses to view it as racist is exhibiting their own ignorance.
The rebel flag the flag of the south.
The rebel flag the flag of the south.
go to images.google.com and type confederate flag
The Confederate flag is still a symbol of southern pride. The south was for slavery so it is considered to be a racist flag. The KKK took the flag and made it there own and abused there power.
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The Union Flag was the Stars and Stripes. The Confederate flag was the stars and bars, representing many fewer states.
The stars on the confederate flag represent the original 13 states that belonged to the Confederate States of America. The first confederate flag had only 7 stars which represented the 7 southern states that were in the confederacy.
The Confederate flag
The short answer: The confederate flag is considered to be racist.
here is one of the Confederate flags of Texas. The Battle Flag of the Confederacy
Much of the controversy comes from misunderstandings. First, what flag do they have issues with? Most people when asked what the "Confederate Flag" looks like would point to a red banner with a blue cross corner to corner with 13 stars in the cross. Some people even refer to this flag as the "stars and bars" because it has white stars on blue bars. Both of those beliefs are FALSE! The flag that most people think of as the "Confederate Flag" is the Confederate Navy Jack (rectangular flag) or the Confederate Cavalry or Artillery flag (square flag). There were three (3) official flags of the Confederate States of America and this flag was NOT one of them. The Confederate Stars and Bars (first flag of the Confederate States of America) looks nothing like the Confederate Navy Jack or Cavalry flags. Take a look at Georgia's state flag. Except for the state seal in the circle of 13 stars, that is the first flag of the Confederacy, the "Stars and Bars." The second point: Some will say that the "Confederate Flag" stands for slavery or racism. Others will say that the "Confederate Flag" stands for rebels and "red necks." The association of the "Confederate Flag" with controversy may have begun with "white supremacy" movements of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) founded in the Southern States in 1865 by Confederate veterans.