© Macy Gray/The Post MillennialMacy Gray's proposed redesign for a Juneteenth flag
The article was published on MarketWatch, goes on to say that the US is "broken and in pieces":
"President Biden, Madame Harris and members of Congress: the American flag has been hijacked as code for a specific belief. God bless those believers, they can have it. Like the Confederate, it is tattered, dated, divisive, and incorrect."
"It no longer represents democracy and freedom. It no longer represents ALL of us. It's not fair to be forced to honor it. It's time for a new flag."
"Incorrect? Let's look to the stars. There are 50, where there should be 52. D.C. and Puerto Rico have been lobbying for statehood for decades. Both have been denied, since statehood would allow each territory's elected officials seats in the house."
"Assuming D.C. reps would be African-American and Puerto Rican reps would be Hispanic, the ultimate assumption is that these elected officials would be Democratic. That alone is racist."
"On to the stripes. The Smithsonian documents that the 'white' stripes represent purity and innocence. America is great. It is beautiful. Pure, it ain't. It is broken and in pieces."
"What if the stripes were OFF-white? What if there were 52 stars to include D.C. and Puerto Rico? What if the stars were the colors of ALL of us — your skin tone and mine — like the melanin scale? The blue square represents vigilance and perseverance; and the red stripes stand for valor. America is all of those things. So, what if those elements on the flag remained? What if the flag looked like this?"
Gray's letter/article closed with:
"In 1959, 17-year-old Bob Heft designed the current flag for a school project when there were only 48 states. Hawaii and Alaska were up for statehood and Bob had a hunch they'd get the nod. He crafted a NEW flag with 50 stars for the then-future, because things had changed."
"Sixty-two years later, in 2021, we have changed and it's time for a reset, a transformation. One that represents all states and all of us."
Reader Comments
Apparently her hero Obama didn't think Puerto Rico and DC needed to be added as states to the union, even when he and the Dems controlled everything early on in Obama's first term. Guess Obama must be another white supremacist racist (in blackface apparently).
If she wants to attack a racist flag, Israel's is as racist and exclusionist as imaginable (literally representing the on-going ethnic cleansing and theft of Palestine for a Jews-only nation), but this turd-cake cowardly pseudo-star won't go near that third rail with a ten foot dreadlock, you can bet your matzohs on that.
Instead, she loudly attacks the flag of her own country that made her a wealthy star, calling it racist, and patiently waits for the 'elites' in Hollywood to take interest in her again.
(Gosh, I wonder if now Ms Gray will suddenly make a big 'comeback'..........)
I'd be all-in for a celebration of diversity and respect for all races and cultures, as well as a determination to be more accepting and appreciative of differences. But this myopic over-emphasis on blacks offends me. I don't intend to participate.
They call in Juneteenth so that they can pretend that everyone with black skin is being oppressed - the narrative just wouldn't work if everyone was celebrating the 155th Annual Emancipation Day