FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Isn't the Confederate flag a racist symbol?

No, it is not a racist symbol. It wasn't in the past nor is it now. As a matter of fact the United States flag is tainted more with racism than the Confederate ever could be. It is true that some racists use the flag, but does that make it a symbol of hate? Why is it that when the U.S. flag is used by hate groups no one says a word? But the moment they display a Confederate flag everyone screams "see, look I told you that flag is a flag of hate". I think it basically boils down to the fact that those who hate our Southern banners do so because they hate the South.

To illustrate a point let's look at the Cuban flag. Is it a flag of Communism or Freedom? Fidel Castro and his regime have been using it for over fifty years, they wave and display it at all of their Communist rallies and parades, it flies over the prisons where freedom loving citizens are tortured and murdered, it's the national flag of a Communist country, but is it a flag of oppression and slavery?

You better not go to Miami and say that to the Cuban exiles. If you ask them what the Cuban flag stands for they'll tell you it stands for Freedom, Democracy and Pride. Do the Communist Cubans use it as a symbol of Pride? Absolutely. The Communists and the Freedom lovers both see the Cuban flag as a symbol of their Land, Culture, History and Heritage.

You can no longer ask the Cuban exile to abandon the use of their flag because the Communists use it any more than you can ask a decent Southerner to abandon the use of the Confederate flag because Racists use it.

I can't think of anything that would make the Ku Klux Klan and other Racists more angry than if Black Southerners started using and displaying the Confederate flag, the flag of the South.

What is that symbol you use that looks like a hatchet and two arrows?

The symbol you are talking about, we took off the flag that the Confederate Choctaw Indians used on their banner during the "War for Southern Independence". We thought it appropriate to use as our symbol because of its aggressive nature. The tomahawk with bow and arrows was originally turned turned 90 degrees to the right, though we use it in the upright position for esthetic purposes. The black banner symbolises that we give no quarter to our enemies in a political sense.

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[updated: 05.04.09]