Clinton to say removing the Confederate flag is important, but not the solution -HRC Room

[hrmjustin]

HILLARY CLINTON ROOM

Dan Merica

Florissant, Missouri (CNN)Hillary Clinton will argue Tuesday at an event near St. Louis that the groundswell of support in favor of removing the Confederate flag from statehouses and stores is an important step for the United States, but not the solution to addressing racial tensions.

Clinton will give remarks and participate in a roundtable at Christ the King Church in Florissant, Missouri, a community just miles from Ferguson, where the shooting of a black male by a police officer in 2014 sparked protests and started ongoing conversation about race and policing.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/23/politics/hillary-clinton-confederate-flag-missouri/index.html

[randys1]

1. She is right, the racists aka teaparty will continue to be racists, flag or no flag

[Iliyah]

2. K & R

[yallerdawg]

3. The Supreme Court just approved state's rights to reject this racist symbol on license plates.

If it is so important for state legislators and elected officials to legitimize that flag and fly it on state grounds, it is equally important to reject state sanction.

That is certainly not the solution, but it is a significant step.

I live in Alabama. That flag flies on the north side of the State Capitol (kind of hidden), with other Confederate flags, and memorial to Confederacy.

[yallerdawg]

7. The Republican governor just removed all the flags!

Unbelievable!

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/06/confederate_flag_removed_from.html#incart_river

[William769]

4. She is absolutely correct.

[Historic NY]

5. I agree, there is still much work to do to fight racist ingnorance.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. The solution is to make the United States tolerant to diversity.

And people just don't want to think too hard about how to do that because the conclusion will take them to places where entitlement is the norm.