LGBTQIA+ on Yik Yak | Didn’t realize my family was racist until I was older, but literally one of my aunts had her walls covered in confederate flags and when I was little, I asked what they were and she told me they were rebel flags

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LGBTQIA+ 10w

Didn’t realize my family was racist until I was older, but literally one of my aunts had her walls covered in confederate flags and when I was little, I asked what they were and she told me they were rebel flags

Anonymous 10w

Well, yes. They did rebel against the abolition of slavery because they were pieces of shit.

Anonymous 10w

I’ve seen some folks call it that down in my neck of the woods (Southwestern VA) still. There’s still many who see it as a symbol of rebellion and not as a racist symbol, and it’s something that’s kinda normalized down there Prime example - My dad grew up along the VA/KY border (on the VA side) and he didn’t learn that the confederate flag was a racist symbol until he left his area (at around 20/21) to go to a college that he transferred to in another part of VA

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#1 10w

Well I know that now lol

Anonymous

#1 10w

They were rebels who supported a wealthy white male slave owning class