# Confederate Flag - Get Rid of it?

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**Created:** [January 20, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/confederate-flag-get-rid-of-it/42160 "2008-01-20T16:43:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/confederate-flag-get-rid-of-it/42160/44 "2008-01-21T11:37:36Z")

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> [@AWDrifter](#):
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> OK I have to throw this out there…  
> I keep seeing racism used but keep in mind that as a percentage of people in the US there were more black slave owners than white slave owners.  
> (They forget to mention that in public schools)  
> So yeah if you are anti-slave you can be offended but don’t say racist!

IMO the Civil War era (not just the confederate flag) isn’t implicit of white on black hated, as you’re talking about.

Its far more about the oppression of the entire class of people.

You know, there were white & indian slaves too.

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