Most of what she says has some basis in fact but has been misrepresented. For those interested in learning more about the issues, we suggest one of the courses in Southern, African-American, or Civil War history that Berry offers. The idea of keeping the flag as a symbol of what it used to represent doesn't make sense when we consider what it represents now. When we think of swastikas, we conjure the feelings associated with Hitler. However, the swastika was originally a positive Native American symbol, and inverted it means 'good luck' in Japanese.
Symbols can go on to take on new, different meaning.
Many people claim they fly the flag out of pride in our state heritage, and some of them believe it. However, the fact is many people fly it just because they are racist. A state flag should represent all the state's citizens. We who oppose this racist symbol are also proud Southerners, but proud of different things. There's plenty to love about Georgia the music, literature, food and people, for example.