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Activists try to ban Confederate flag from Upstate NY fair after Charlottesville
A group of activists in the Catskills are attempting to have the sale of Confederate flags banned from the Delaware County Fair, and are using the anti-racist sentiment generated by violent protesting in Charlottesville, Va., as a springboard.
Co-organizer Christina Hunt Wood gathered protesters near the fairgrounds in Walton, NY, where she said the presence of the flag at the fair sends a message to people of color that they are not welcome, according to The Reporter.
She said that it is associated with "the same neo-nazis and klansmen" responsible for the violence in Charlottsville this weekend, during which one counter protester was killed by a car that drove into a crowd.
The group, called "Fair for All," presented a letter to fair directors signed by 570 people that asked for the flag to be removed from the fair. They argued that it was also antithetical to the memory of Delaware County Civil War veterans who fought against the Confederacy to end slavery.
They also pointed out that the New York State Fair in Syracuse, and several other county fairs, have already banned the sale of the flag
Activists try to ban Confederate flag from Upstate NY fair after Charlottesville.
A group of activists in the Catskills are attempting to have the sale of Confederate flags banned from the Delaware County Fair, and are using the anti-racist sentiment generated by violent protesting in Charlottesville, Va., as a springboard.
Co-organizer Christina Hunt Wood gathered protesters near the fairgrounds in Walton, NY, where she said the presence of the flag at the fair sends a message to people of color that they are not welcome, according to The Reporter.
She said that it is associated with "the same neo-nazis and klansmen" responsible for the violence in Charlottsville this weekend, during which one counter protester was killed by a car that drove into a crowd.
The group, called "Fair for All," presented a letter to fair directors signed by 570 people that asked for the flag to be removed from the fair. They argued that it was also antithetical to the memory of Delaware County Civil War veterans who fought against the Confederacy to end slavery.
They also pointed out that the New York State Fair in Syracuse, and several other county fairs, have already banned the sale of the flag
Activists try to ban Confederate flag from Upstate NY fair after Charlottesville.
