"Columbus Day is a perpetuation of racist assumptions that the Western Hemisphere
was a wasteland cluttered with savages awaiting the blessings of Western
"civilization."
A supermarket in Australia has stirred up some controversy over a job ad that specified that "no Indians or Asians" should apply. This online job advertisement was clear as day and people have become quite angry over it.
Its champions have argued it's a symbol of Southern culture, the historic flag of the South. Critics say it's a racist symbol that represents a war to uphold slavery and, later, a battle to oppose civil rights advances. We take a look at the flags of the Confederacy to sort out the facts.