Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, a Republican Politician, on Wednesday called for the state to alter its flag, which has a Confederate sign on it.
” It is time for us to change the state flag to show the love, empathy and conviction of our people,” Fitch, who is white, stated in a declaration, noting she’s lived and raised her kids in the state. “We should constantly remember our past– honor the great and learn from the bad.”
Fitch didn’t particularly point out the flag’s Confederate symbol. Her workplace did not instantly react to HuffPost’s request for explanation.
Anti-racism demonstrations have actually magnified years of demands led by Black activists for Mississippi to drop the Confederate symbol from the state flag. As the Black Lives Motion has actually gained strength in wake of the police killing of George Floyd, demonstrator