Posted on 02/02/2016 2:14:13 PM PST by BBell
Andre Perry, a New Orleans education consultant, said he was shocked on Sunday (Jan. 31) afternoon when he noticed that his 5-year-old son had caught a necklace of Mardi Gras beads studded with plastic Confederate flags, thrown from a float in the Krewe of Carrollton parade.
"When I noticed what he caught," Perry wrote in a text message, "I took them away from him."
Perry, who is African-American, said that he later did his best to help his son understand the implications of the symbol. He also posted a photo of the beads on his social media account, which attracted a flurry of sympathetic responses.
Perry said that he and his son were watching the parade from the Gallier Hall stands, at the invitation of the mayor's office. He suspects that since the beads were tossed at the place where Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who was not present, often greets parades, the gesture may have been a comment on the mayor's proposal to remove Confederate monuments from the New Orleans landscape.
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"I want this to be a place where he is welcome," he said. "But they're throwing hate at us."
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The comments a rich.
Andre Perry, a New Orleans education consultant, said he was shocked on Sunday (Jan. 31) afternoon when his five-year-old son caught a necklace of Mardi Gras beads studded with plastic Confederate flags (Photo courtesy Andre Perry)
Andre Perry and son (photo by Jade Russell, courtesy of Andre Perry)
Well I hope they got the kid into detox soon enough to save his life. /s
its Mardi Gras! everyone is drunk, stoned, drunk and stoned, or tweaking, and you expect a perfect environment for your kid?
Who the heck takes a 5-yr old to Mardi Gras?
I assume he’ll get a trip to the White House and an audience with Caliph Baraq.
Actually those beads are pretty cool, I wouldn’t mind getting some.
Me. the day time parades a very tame and family friendly. Now the night time parades, that's a different story.
So stupid it actually makes my head hurt.
“Look away,
Look away,
Look away,
Dixie Land!
Its kind of like taking a kid to the infield at a NASCAR race.
Its considerably calmer than it was 30 years ago but there are still a lot of drunks doing drunken things.
symbols only have the powers we give them...
“son, that’s the confederate battle flag”
yes, it is pretty.
Scarred for life!!!!
Those are actually pretty cool.
“So stupid it actually makes my head hurt.”
No kidding. I’m reaching for some Tramadol as we speak.
There is a mother in this family, right?
I supposed he’d approve of the gay rights rainbow flag.
“There is a mother in this family, right?”
Yeah. HE’S the one that took the photo of them.
“But they’re throwing hate at us.”
Lol
I thought that was funny too.
Its Selma all over again!!!!!!!!
What a freakin joke.
Did he lift up his shirt?
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