William Spivey
1 min readJun 30, 2020

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Thank you for posing your question. In the course of an average day, I probably pass by the FL State flag 3-5 times though admittedly don't always notice. It's on state vehicles, engraved on some buildings, every day reminders of white supremacy which I do believe should be removed. Where the problem will come, is that so many people have been made out to be heroes that America has never been told of their actual histories. Can we as a nation face up to the fact that our good fortune isn't based on exceptionalism but racism and the exploitation of multiple peoples which continues today. The defense and continued force-feeding of these symbols down the throats of those who have been persecuted by them is a bigger barrier to unity than their removal. The great majority of the Confederate statues and memorials came not immediately after the Civil War but as a backlash to civil and voting rights. I don't believe unity will come until the past is addressed. South Carolina has made some progress since their removal of Confederate flags, perhaps Mississippi and NASCAR and others have a chance to do the same. Florida still has a ways to go I'm afraid.

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William Spivey
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