Sentences with phrase «confederate flags»

Moreover, it sets a worrisome precedent; it's the first time we can tell Amazon has stopped sales of a popular product simply because it didn't like it (other than confederate flags, of course).

This was prompted by the hundreds of complaints the city received in January 2011 when the it placed Confederate flags on light poles to mark Lee - Jackson Day.

More Confederate flags wave in the background, nightmare echoes of horrible histories.

KAUFFMAN, Mark Confederate flags displayed on car of University of Maryland students, 1951 10 3/8 X 13 1/2 inches Gelatin silver print; printed c. 1951

I'm going to keep calling them games anyway just for heritage sakes (like the people in South USA that still use Confederate flags).

So, the events of the past few years — among them the violence of white supremacists in Charlottesville, the church shootings in Charleston, the national debate over Confederate flags and memorials — certainly shaped the book, especially as they emphasize the extent to which the history of our country is built around the armature of slavery and the Civil War, and how far we still are from putting those issues behind us.

I was just shocked by the Confederate flags on the lawns and the jokes about the «War of Northern Aggression.»

Last week, people protesting the removal of Confederate flags in New Orleans brandished guns, and at least one assault rifle, within range of a local school known for diversity.

Protests by Duncan, S.C., students who displayed Confederate flags at their high school in defiance of school policy resulted this month in dozens of suspensions and a debate over free speech and racially charged expression.

Without giving too much away, she seduces a racist general, pulling down Confederate flags and shaking her booty.

Proof that someone else watching The Pelican Brief decided that its great unplumbed racial subplots would be worth a Grisham picture of their own, enter the patently offensive A Time To Kill, underscoring its liberal screed by opening with caricatures of rednecks at war with caricatures of black people: basketball hoops on the one side, Confederate flags on the other; front - yard barbecues, late - night cross-burnings; marble halls of justice, raucous Baptist churches; Kevin Spacey's DA summation on the one side all superego, Matthew McConaughey's tear - jerking monologue on the other all soul.

With the confederate flags and «White Power» stickers on the walls, it quickly becomes clear that the establishment is run and frequented by white supremacists.

Seen trucks flying Confederate flags on the way to school.

Celebrating the Ku Klux Klan and Confederate flags that celebrate slavery is one thing,» he said.

The march, sponsored by Justice League NYC, has garnered national attention as participants have walked across major highways, through rural towns where porches are adorned with confederate flags, and in cities like Baltimore where tensions between

And just recently we saw [Howard] in April appear at a rally where there were White Supremacists in attendance, Confederate flags flying and, in the wake of that, he has not once denounced the racist and hateful rhetoric that was present at that rally.»

Heastie suggested that depictions of Confederate flags be taken off the large ornate mural over the Capitol's War Room, which depicts soldiers in various wars that the U.S. has engaged in.

«That person was there handing out literature, standing in unison with people with Confederate flags.

Critics took exception to the presence of Confederate flags waving nearby as he spoke to a politically right - leaning crowd.

While Trump attempted to appeal to African - American voters inside, Confederate flags were being sold by vendors outside.

Voted against using federal funds for the display of Confederate flags at national cemeteries.

More confederate flags heading to the site of tonight's Duke & UNC games.

But as I stand here talking to Jim among the multiple RVs flying Confederate flags, it's somewhat impressive Dale Jr. said anything at all.

Though the flag in the truck on the parking structure raised alarm, other citizens of Greenville were also around the arena waving Confederate flags.

People are waving confederate flags outside the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville ahead of tonight's NCAA Tournament games pic.twitter.com/DTML 4TShyQ

Some of the fanatic Napoli boosters in the end zone, the «Southboys,» with their smoke bombs and Confederate flags from the American Civil War, sing their traditional chant, «Maradona is better than Pelè.

KKK hoods, Nazi salutes, lynching torches, swastikas and Confederate flags.

In 2011, the Pew Research Center examined US attitudes toward the American and Confederate flags.

The National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., recently announced plans to remove two Confederate flags from its stained glass windows.

Ironically, one person who thought the country should not having monuments like these in the first place — as well as Confederate flags — displayed was Robert E. Lee.

«There is no place for the Confederate battle flag in the iconography of the nation's most visible faith community,» explained Dean Gary Hall in a news release about the windows that include small Confederate flags as part of their interpretation of Lee and Jackson.

Cohn, a former president of Goldman Sachs, indicated that his resignation would have satisfied those who'd marched in Charlottesville brandishing Confederate flags and swastikas.

«We have decided to prohibit Confederate flags, and many items containing this image, because we believe it has become a contemporary symbol of divisiveness and racism,» the spokesperson said in a statement.

Ben Engebreth, a programmer at CamelCamelCamel, said the company doesn't have nearly as much data on Confederate flags as it does for other, more commonly tracked Amazon products, like televisions, computers and household appliances.

On Monday, Walmart (WMT) announced that it would stop selling Confederate flags at all of its retail locations and remove them from its website.

Valley Forge Flags also announced it would stop making Confederate flags.

A Confederate flag saw a huge spike in popularity and price on Amazon (AMZN) right before the online retailer removed it.

Walmart said Monday it will no longer sell the Confederate flag or items emblazoned with its likeness in stores or online, a move that came in the hours after South Carolina's governor called for the flag to come down on Statehouse grounds.

A 3 - foot - by -5-foot nylon Confederate flag made by a Pennsylvania company called Valley Forge Flags jumped to 871st on the list of Amazon's most - popular items on Tuesday.

The nation's largest retailer is removing Confederate flag - themed products from its stock, a spokesperson told CNN.

Governor Nikki Haley called on Monday afternoon for the Confederate flag to be removed from the Capitol grounds in Columbia, saying «it's time to move the flag» in a news conference that came five days after nine people were shot to death at a historic black church in Charleston.

The price and popularity of a Confederate flag on Amazon spiked just before Amazon stopped selling all such items in the wake of deadly shootings in Charleston, S.C. (Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

The South Carolina and American flags flying at half - staff behind the Confederate flag erected in front of the State Congress building in Columbia, South Carolina on June 19, 2015.

The alleged perpetrator, Dylann Roof, has been shown posing with the Confederate flag in photos, as well as making racist remarks.

In response to the shooting, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley called for the Confederate flag that stands on the grounds of the state capitol to be taken down.

eBay (EBAY) said in a statement today that it will ban Confederate flag - themed items, immediately, following in the footsteps of Walmart, Sears and K - Mart.

People still fly the confederate flag around here — lest you forget.

The murders have reignited calls for the Confederate flag - a symbol of slavery and white supremacy - to be taken down from public institutions.

«We can not in good conscience justify the presence of the Confederate flag in this house of prayer for all people, nor can we honor the systematic oppression of African - Americans for which these two men fought and died.»

In Charleston, South Carolina, when those innocent people were shot during a bible study, the eloquence of their difficult words, «I forgive you,» spoke more directly to defeat the evil perpetrated by a tortured man than did the ensuing media firestorm which brought down one Confederate flag.