DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Confederate flags are as easy to find at NASCAR races as cutoff jeans, cowboy hats and beer.
They fly over motorhomes. They adorn clothing. They are regular fixtures, just like Ford and Chevrolet, and that is unlikely to change any time soon.
NASCAR probably would like to see them go away.
The sanctioning body for the motorsports series backed South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's call to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds in the wake of the Charleston church massacre. NASCAR issued its statement Tuesday, the same day South Carolina lawmakers agreed to discuss removing the flag and one day after Haley said "the time has come" to take it down. And that is as far as NASCAR appears willing to go for now.
"As our industry works collectively to ensure that all fans are welcome at our races, NASCAR will continue our long-standing policy to disallow the use of the Confederate flag symbol in any official NASCAR capacity," NASCAR said. "While NASCAR recognizes that freedom of expression is an inherent right of all citizens, we will continue to strive for an inclusive environment at our events."
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5 comments:
Fans should boycott NASCAR until they reverse their decision! We are no longer a free people!
Next Nascar will be flying rainbow flags. With pride of course.
This is something to be entirely expected from Brian France. He's a spineless POS ranking just above Obama on credibility and backbone.
Will the expression "Yee Haw" be banned, too?
F... NASCAR!!
I thought someone posted earlier that they wouldn't be caving in!
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