Posted on 06/28/2021 7:22:11 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Macy Gray isn't backing down from her controversial stance that the American flag should be redesigned.
The 53-year-old Grammy-winning singer elicited mixed reactions over a Juneteenth op-ed she wrote for MarketWatch that quickly went viral. In the piece, Gray compared the U.S. flag to the Confederate flag, calling it "tattered, dated, divisive and incorrect." She doubled down on her assertion on Monday.
"Why do we have to celebrate a flag that now represents divisiveness and hate?" she declared.
Gray felt the need for change more than ever on Jan. 6, when she watched rioters storm the U.S. Capitol, many of whom carried American flags.
"The people there held it up as their symbol as 'this is what America represents,'" Gray continued. "'We're threatening to hang the vice president and our gang sign is the flag.'"
Gray said she "shouldn't have to salute" the current flag.
"I shouldn't have to honor it, I shouldn't have to pledge to it," she explained. "All I'm saying is let's redesign the flag for the rest of us who aren't a part of that tribe."
"The Smithsonian documents that the 'white' stripes represent purity and innocence. America is great. It is beautiful. Pure, it ain’t. It is broken and in pieces," she stated.
The latest change in the American flag was more than 60 years ago, when the new states Alaska and Hawaii were given stars.
"Sixty-two years later, in 2021, we have changed and it’s time for a reset, a transformation. One that represents all states and all of us," Gray concluded.
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The Olympics?
She’s a musician.
I really wish these people would look away their quotes in writing and understand how hypocritical they are.
“A flag that represents us” says the one woman in the entire country who wants a new flag. No, Macy, that’s you. That’s not us. You’re so selfish and egotistical that you think your opinions should be the model for others.
And this is why our history offends you.
She shouldn’t be in this country.
Hey a&%hole....there's a US flag depicted on the back of every US 10 or 20 dollar bill!
Did you f’n care about the US flag whenever you got or spent one of THOSE??
Their natural opportunity to redesign the flag comes when they add DC as a state. God help us.
Wonder how she feels about people being forced to wear masked and get vaccinated against their will? She’s probably all for it.
My bad. Mistaken identity. I had her confused with a different black beast, Gwen Berry who turned her back on the flag when the National Anthem was played.
“I shouldn’t have to honor it, I shouldn’t have to pledge to it,” she explained.
You don’t have to...No one is forcing you to do anything...That is one of the great things about freedom...Just look around at our country at all the things you can do on your own, then look at many, many other counties in the world where you CANNOT do these things...
You should appreciate the freedom this country gives you, you b*tch...
I am confused. I thought the US athletes go to the Olympics to represent the US.
If they do not represent us, then we should bar them from the Olympics.
Or maybe better yet: No American Flag displayed for them, no national anthem, revoke their passport and leave them there to be disposed of as Japan sees fit.
Then get out of the country!
That is in the eye of the beholder.
To me the BLM movement represents divisiveness and hate.
Goodbye Miss Irrelevant.
Can this D list performer name one anti-black law has been passed in her lifetime? Just one law?
I suggest that Macy adopt the LBTQ salute and anthem. Put one thumb in her mouth, and the other in her butt while humming Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.
For.The.Win!
She runs with the same herd though.
Wrong Black lady
I really blew that. I had her mixed up with the hammer throwing ingrate.
My comments were really meant for the hammer head...
Gwen Berry.
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