sittingbehindyou, I like how you saw ludacris wearing a confederation flag t-shirt as a sign that people could be proud of the south and that it didn't stand as a racist symbol anymore. Did
you even read the f*cking article or are you just illiterate?
here are some quotes, I'll bold the important parts in case you have trouble discerning the real point:
"He decided to wear the symbol of southern pride and racial oppression in order to “represent where we came from, to remind people that Ray Charles' original 'Georgia' was written because of that racism.”
"Ludacris also pointed out that he dumped the flag, stomped it, and brought out a red, black, green flag afterwards because, “It is a representation and my interpretation of where we were and where we need to go. Racism is just as prevalent now and if we are not constantly mindful of our history and take charge of it, history is destined to repeat itself because of ignorance.”
Now does that really sound like he was wearing it as a southern pride symbol?
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