I understand why you hide your name but you should change it to Leader of Nothing.
Petition to Ban Confederate Flag from Walton County Courthouse
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I understand why you hide your name but you should change it to Leader of Nothing.
Do you know of anyone (living or dead) in Walton County that was personally responsible for the atrocious acts of the KKK and if so, why haven't they been brought to justice?
Claude Neal's descendants are seeking reparations (by their own admission) for a crime that the FBI and the Justice Department have said is not prosecutable and should be closed. Claude Neal's daughter Allie Mae Neal (by her own admission) doesn't "blame" anyone because she never knew who was to blame.Yet, here you are trying to blame a piece of cloth flying in Walton County for acts committed in Tampa (Jackson County) in 1934.
It makes me sick to know that there are people in this world capable of such atrocities because they have sick demented minds and their souls have no conscience but I also think blaming folks for the acts of a few evil monsters is appalling as well.
Now some fool is after the POW/MIA flag!
http://washingtonspectator.org/the-story-of-the-other-racist-flag/
http://washingtonspectator.org/the-story-of-the-other-racist-flag/
We could all come up with a list of ways (real or imagined) that show we've done something to prove we aren't racist. This isn't really necessary, or the point. The point is to show respect for all people who live and visit Walton County. That's the bottom line.
I am not interested at all in imagined. Why do you believe Walton County flies the Confederate Flag? Your answer is the point.
What do you mean by imagined? Please explain what was your intent of using that word.
What have you done in your community that African Americans would consider respectful? Not words posted in a forum. It is a legitimate question to know why Sowal is an exclusive community against African Americans. You live in this community and either accept this exclusion or have tried to do something about it.
Other personal examples.
When I first got out of college I worked for an angry African American store manager. He wanted to hire another African American that was less qualified than myself. Luckily for me the district manager intervened and hired me. For the next 3 years he made me work long shifts and most weekends and I NEVER complained that he was taking out his frustrations on me. He disrespected me in just about every way a person can be disrespect yet I took it and never said a word to anyone. As a matter of fact I was raised to believe that you earn respect and I desired for him to respect me so my attitude was one of opportunity to gain his respect.
Another example: I have hired African Americans in my business if they were the most qualified. I have worked side by side with African Americans in my community.
Cuff asked the question and I answered it. You don't like it and I assume that your "imagined" comment was meant to avoid having to answer the question yourself.
When I first got out of college I worked for an angry African American store manager. He wanted to hire another African American that was less qualified than myself. Luckily for me the district manager intervened and hired me. For the next 3 years he made me work long shifts and most weekends and I NEVER complained that he was taking out his frustrations on me. He disrespected me in just about every way a person can be disrespect yet I took it and never said a word to anyone. As a matter of fact I was raised to believe that you earn respect and I desired for him to respect me so my attitude was one of opportunity to gain his respect.
Another example: I have hired African Americans in my business if they were the most qualified. I have worked side by side with African Americans in my community.
Cuff asked the question and I answered it. You don't like it and I assume that your "imagined" comment was meant to avoid having to answer the question yourself.
Teresa, The demographics of Sowal is disrespectful toward African Americans. We call this area paradise yet where is the African American population? Paradise for you but not so much for African Americans who also deserve a piece of paradise. The flag thing is a way for you to avoid this glaring problem of community segregation or exclusion. It puts the spot light on a flag instead of what is really going on in this community. This just does not happen randomly. There are people here from all over the Country yet hardly any African Americans. What is the real reasons for that because removing the flag will not solve this problem. We as a community can not hide the fact that North Walton has a higher population of African Americans while flying the Confederate flag while South Walton condemns the flag yet hardly any African American population. What is the explanation?
Why does the community of South Walton (your community) discriminate against African Americans? If the media starts to focus on WHY South Walton is exclusive against African Americans do you think they will think it is funny or respectful? You might want to think about this really hard...Maybe flying the Confederate flag attracts African Americans???