It has also always struck me as very strange that we were pledging allegiance to a flag, of all things. I know it gets right into "and the republic for which it stands," but the U.S. flag strikes me as a blood-soaked symbol of white supremacy and Indigenous genocide (everyone of those stars representing displaced and murdered people). There are more potent, meaningful symbols than that rag.
It has also always struck me as very strange that we were pledging allegiance to a flag, of all things. I know it gets right into "and the republic for which it stands," but the U.S. flag strikes me as a blood-soaked symbol of white supremacy and Indigenous genocide (everyone of those stars representing displaced and murdered people). There are more potent, meaningful symbols than that rag.
It has also always struck me as very strange that we were pledging allegiance to a flag, of all things. I know it gets right into "and the republic for which it stands," but the U.S. flag strikes me as a blood-soaked symbol of white supremacy and Indigenous genocide (everyone of those stars representing displaced and murdered people). There are more potent, meaningful symbols than that rag.
Don't blame the flag but the bearer.
Our rights and freedom are on a continuum and have never been truly absolute, but our duty is to strive forward and improve.