Byron Thomas Says He Doesn't See Racism Just Southern Pride

In the past we know racism was between the North and the South, The white people always seemed to have the power over the Blacks. Byron is 19, a freshman at S.C College, he is a proud southerner. He was asked to take down a Confederate Flag that he had put up in his dorm room because it had got a lot of complaints. He said " I know its weird because Im black but in this flag, I see pride, respect not racism. Its ignorance that gave the flag the bad name like the KKK. He ended up having to take the flag down. His roomate claimed he was one of the nicest people he knew. No matter what you say or do there is going to be someone who will feel offended. Byron felt violated to the racist code. To prove a point he asked if he could put up an American Flag and they said he could so he said  "their could be Native Americans who would get offended because of the American Flag so what would the difference be?"  Is it fair that he could not hang up an confederate flag IN his dorm room but could hang up an American Flag?

-Kendra Boyle