'A symbol of racism': group calls for N.S. to ban Confederate flag | CTV Atlantic News

30.7.15

'A symbol of racism': group calls for N.S. to ban Confederate flag | CTV Atlantic News: “The Confederate flag is unequivocally, without any scintilla of doubt, is a symbol of racism,” said Isaac Saney.

Saney is a historian and professor at Halifax’s Dalhousie and Saint Mary’s universities, as well as one of the organizers behind the effort to have the flag banned.

The group has been collecting hundreds of signatures in a petition they plan to present to the government, and they’re planning a press conference for Wednesday to publicize their cause.

The group says the Confederate flag’s presence in Nova Scotia has been increasing.

“Ten thousand Nova Scotians, overwhelmingly white, fought in the U.S. Civil War on the side of the North, and they fought because of a sentiment against slavery,” Saney said.

“I mean, this is an insult to their memory.”