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Is the thirteen-star American flag, believed to be designed by Betsy Ross, a racist symbol? And is it racially insensitive to be patriotic, especially if you honor the American founding? To Colin Kaepernick and (it would seem) many others, the answers today to the above questions are increasingly \u201cyes.\u201d<\/p>\n

By now, unless you\u2019ve been under a rock, you\u2019ve heard that Nike decided to pull an American flag themed sneaker due to objections reportedly raised by former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. According to The Wall Street Journal, Kaepernick said the design of the \u201cAir Max 1 USA\u201d sneakers, which uses the original \u201cBetsy Ross\u201d American flag, is offensive to him and others as it stirs up images of slavery and oppression. \u201cNike has chosen not to release the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July as it featured the old version of the American flag,\u201d declared a Nike spokesperson.<\/p>\n

Others have chimed in. Appearing on MSNBC, Michael Eric Dyson compared the Betsy Ross American flag to the Nazi swastika and a KKK cross-burning. Indeed, all of social media has lit up, with many agreeing with Kaepernick and Dyson.<\/p>\n

Nike is, of course, a private company and they are free to release (or not release) whatever product they wish. And people like Dyson and Kaepernick are American citizens who are free (and should be free) to say whatever they wish. But I can\u2019t help but be sad that racism and patriotism are becoming increasingly associated in the minds of so many today. It didn\u2019t use to be this way, and if we don\u2019t do something about this unfortunate association, it will only further divide us and tear us apart.<\/p>\n

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Is the thirteen-star American flag, believed to be designed by Betsy Ross, a racist symbol? And is it racially insensitive to be patriotic, especially if you honor the American founding? To Colin Kaepernick and (it would seem) many others, the answers today to the above questions are increasingly \u201cyes.\u201d By now, unless you\u2019ve been under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12032],"tags":[17103,40246,4685,6449,13169,40247,40248,8785,18601,5390],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-79979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-history","tag-americas","tag-betsy","tag-colin","tag-flag","tag-founding","tag-kaepernick","tag-patriotism","tag-race","tag-racist","tag-ross"],"yoast_head":"\nIs the Betsy Ross Flag Racist? 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