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Julian Castro praises Nike, compares Betsy Ross flag to Confederate flag

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Democratic presidential hopeful Julián
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Castro on Wednesday praised Nike’s controversial decision to pull shoes featuring the Betsy Ross flag, saying the early flag design that represents the Thirteen Colonies evokes pain among some Americans, much like Confederate symbols.

"I was glad to see that," the former Housing and Urban Development Secretary said on CBS News about Nike’s decision to scrap the Betsy Ross design, the Washington Free Beacon reported. "And my hope is that they didn’t just do it to do it ‐ that they understand the significance there.

"Look, there are a lot of things in our history that are still very painful ‐ the Confederate flag that still flies in some places and is used as a symbol," Mr. Castro continued. "And I believe that we need to move toward an inclusive America that understands that pain ‐ that doesn’t wipe it away from history in the sense that it still belongs in a museum, or we need to read about it and understand the significance, because that’s how you learn and make sure that we don’t make the same mistakes in the future ‐ but does not glorify it, does not celebrate it."

Mr. Castro went on to lament that school textbooks often don’t include the early successes of minority men and women "who have done great things to propel our country forward."

"We need to get not only to blocking things that don’t advance us, but also to celebrating those things that do," he said. "And that will round out the whole nation’s understanding of why we became the successful nation that we became, that everybody has had a role in that."

Posted by Fred 2019-07-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 Easy to predict this.

After BLM cowed Democrats into renouncing Andrew Jackson, we knew it would be a short step to denouncing Jefferson.

After Jefferson, it was just a matter of time before the race-Bolsheviks would denounce Washington, and the Revolution.

Get ready for them to tell us that the Emancipation Proclamation was hoax and that 400,000 Union deaths didn't happen.

Next we'll be told that FDR was a fascist.
That the Kennedys were Klansmen.
That liberal Democrats such as Bill Clinton and Joe Biden are vicious white supremacists.
Oh wait...

Posted by Lex 2019-07-04 01:18|| 2019-07-04 01:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Next we'll be told that FDR was a fascist

Well, now that you mention it...

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-07-04 08:18|| 2019-07-04 08:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Lex you have it wrong, they'll turn everything into GOPs fault and the names you named were freedom fighters. When they can't make that case they'll just mistakenly print history books that mark Lincoln as a Democrat until a generation knows no different. Google wikipedia editors will help as necessary and history will be rewritten and teh black vote secured in perpetuity.

Posted by rjschwarz 2019-07-04 08:27|| 2019-07-04 08:27|| Front Page Top

Ref #3: When they can't make that case they'll just mistakenly print history books....

The privileged, kiddies, and free-rent granny received tax payer funded air travel to Robben Island to learn about Church Street bomber Nelson Mandela from a former inmate and tour guide.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-04 08:38|| 2019-07-04 08:38|| Front Page Top

#5 I attribute God's love for me to the fact I don't have an adolescent child asking me for money to buy Nike or Underarmor crap...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-07-04 09:07|| 2019-07-04 09:07|| Front Page Top

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