One thing we can all agree on no matter our race, this song sucks!
You know I am trying to find a symbol to shove in front of WHITE SOUTHERNERS that would have the same impact as the Stars and Bars has on African Americans. Of course their is the swastika that offends Jews. Hmm… I just cannot come up with anything. And there lies the problem.
It is much like the often used Southern argument of reverse racism that equates the oppressor to the oppressed. The horror of slave ownership. The pain of passing Jim Crow laws. The suffering in having to endure affirmative action for 300 years. You have to be white to understand the pain.