A fierce dispute has broken out in the USA regarding how to deal with the historical legacy of racism and slavery. Now the state of Mississippi is removing the Confederate symbol from its flag.
- Governor signs law: Mississippi flag is history
- A few months before the presidential election*, the topic of racism is increasingly becoming the focus of the election campaign
- Joe Biden* speaks of a moral victory, Donald Trump* is silent
Jackson/Mississippi – Die flag has been hotly debated for a long time. Since 1894 there was the state symbol of Mississippi namely part of the Confederate flag from the Civil War of 1861-1865 – a blue diagonal cross decorated with stars on a red background. the flag of the US state with its almost three million inhabitants basically represented nothing other than the struggle of the American southern states for the preservation of slavery.
Flag of Mississippi with the symbolism of the former slave states is history
That’s over now. the Flag of Mississippi history is made of the symbolism of the former slave-owning states. Republican governor Tate Reeves has now signed the bill to abolish the controversial flag in force. Reeves spoke of the fact that the citizens of the southern state wanted to “reconcile” with one another. Almost 40 percent of the citizens of Mississippi are African American. Two days earlier, Parliament had Mississippi decided by a large majority to abolish the flag.
It was reacting to the violent dispute in the USA that broke out following the death of George Floyd regarding dealing with the historical legacy of Racism* and slavery is inflamed. In fact, a few months before the presidential election in November, the topic is increasingly becoming the focus of the election campaign. Even the corona virus*, which the country continues to have under control in view of the increasing number of cases, has receded into the background a little.
Flag of Mississippi abolished: Joe Biden speaks of a victory for morale
The mere change of flag not enough to counteract the lasting effects of the racist past of Mississippi to remedy, according to Senator John Horhn, but it is a “big step” on the way to the recognition of the dignity of all human beings.
While Donald Trump* hasn’t come up with much regarding the events so far, his designated challenger called it Joe Biden the decision of Mississippi as a moral victory. At least she remembered Flag of Mississippi for more than a decade and a half as the only one in the USA still officially to the Confederates. In 2003, Georgia removed the Confederate cross from its flag.
Mississippi has been the site of numerous lynchings of black people
Especially in the 20th century Mississippi Site of numerous lynchings of black people. Theodore G. Bilbo, two-time governor of the state and state senator from 1935 to 1947 Mississippi, was a rabid advocate of “white supremacy” and lobbied to legalize lynching—albeit without success. In Germany, the state became primarily through the film „Mississippi Burning“ known to Gene Hackman and William Dafoe. The film followed the assassination of civil rights activists James Earl Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goddman by members of the Ku Klux Klan on June 21, 1964.
Also applies Mississippi politically and socially than that most conservative of all US states. In 2012, the last clinic that allowed abortions was closed in the capital, Jackson. And as Barack Obama was re-elected president in 2016, students of the University of Mississippi with racist chants once morest him.
Mississippi citizens vote on new flag
In a referendum in 2001, the citizens of Mississippi still with a large majority for the retention of the flag tuned. However, the mood has changed in recent weeks. Also the powerful union of Baptists in Mississippi spoke out in favor of its abolition.
What the new flag of the state should look like is still unclear. Parallel to the presidential election on November 3, the citizens of Mississippi in a referendum on the proposal for the new flag vote. (Christian Sturgeon) *fr.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network
A large group of armed demonstrators protested in front of a Confederate monument in Georgia. Videos on the web show the march to the Stone Mountain memorial.
