I mean, the cartoon seems to imply that the new flag offers a sky is the limit, clean, positive, image while the 1894 flag has pot holes and is ragged. Many of us see that flag as a beautiful, honorable flag and we are tired of being bullied and labeled as racists who should be ashamed of who we are.
Racism goes both ways.
We feel that we are being discriminated against. We think we've been backing up for long enough and though the flag issue is a tired one, we didn't bring it up. We just chose to fight for a change. Matt Williams Hattiesburg Send this article as a postcard Copyright 2001, The Clarion-Ledger. Use of this site signifies your agreement to the Terms of Service .