Word: symbolized
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Calling attention to the scurrilous elements of the Southern tradition is not merely regional prejudice or a needless rehashing of evils better forgotten. Those who acknowledge that the rebel flag is a detestable symbol but take umbrage when its legacy is discussed seem to prefer to wallow in escapism and denial. And those who still revere this flag have even less grounds to complain when I graphically recount the barbarism associated with it. If the South, and Georgia in particular, wishes to cling to the Confederate flag, then its heritage of shame cannot be glossed over...
Brown's editorial displays the same prejudice and lack of perspective with which he credits the "traitors, miscreants and goons" of the South. Yes, the confederate flag is an inappropriate symbol for the Georgia state flag. Gov. Zell Miller, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the majority of those whom I know in Atlanta area all agree with this portion of Brown's tirade. His broad generalizations and prejudicial attacks, however, undermine his argument. Claiming that "the crimes of the Nazi state were perhaps more shocking than those of the Confederacy" (italics mine), and even then only because the Germans were...
...members and services just once a month, New Liberty never played a part in the civil rights movement. But like every other black church in every other black community across the nation, the modest pine-plank structure meant something special to its congregation. "The church stands as a symbol of black pride and self-sufficiency,'' says Rose Sanders, a black lawyer in Selma. "Burning one is as close as you can come to a lynching without killing somebody...
...true that the temptation to use food as a political symbol is bred in the bone. William Henry Harrison won the presidency by calling himself "the candidate of the log cabin and hard cider." Franklin D. Roosevelt served hot dogs to the King and Queen of England...
...this accurately. Dole's campaign, said Pat Buchanan in the South Carolina debate, is "vapid" and "hollow"--as the candidate demonstrated when he blew a particularly ripe opportunity last week. With Buchanan pushing his nativist protectionism elsewhere in the state, Dole toured the bustling BMW plant near Spartanburg, a symbol of South Carolina's embrace of the global economy. "It was a perfect chance to hit a home run for free trade and the interconnected world economy," says Governor David Beasley, an energetic Dole supporter. So what did Dole do? Nothing. He stood by quietly, speaking only to introduce some...