So just an addendum to what was said earlier....
I have been out this evening with a group of guys setting up this years NFL fantasy football draft. There was 9 out of 10 of us attending. All of it was no more than a front to get together with the "boys" as we could of done everything we did via phone/email, but instead Hooters was the calling and we answered.
So midway through the evening and with everyone having more than a couple glasses of ale in our bellies, I decided to ask the question of the two black guys that were there. (Which is ironic in that 2/10 is a larger representation than the actual black US population...but I digress).
The questions were both simple but complex.
Me: "What do you as a black man feel when you see the Conferate/rebel flag?"
Him: Shannon age 32 answers...(somewhat paraphrased because i too was "beering")
"Stupid...cause we lost. Who flies a flag when they lose? Beyond that it never bothers me except one time I saw a flag the size of a semi-trailer flying on a truck half that size. When i saw that i knew what they were about, but they also had a flat tire and I would never have seen it if that hadn't happened" (I laughed at this by the way)
Brian age 33 and husband of a (smokin hot) white girl that worked for me...
"Dude (yes "dude") I have never ever worried about what that means beyond it is a symbol of the Carolinas (wrong, but again i digress) when stuff (not the word used) was going on that anyone here had nothing to do with. Let those that wish to fly it.....fly it. I dont care"
Me: "Does it represent a symbol of hate to you?"
Shannon: "Not a chance"
Brian: "Nope"
Now granted this is as small a sample as could be learned from or representative of. However, these guys are what I would call "average" guys of any skin color.
It spoke volumes to me.
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