Ludacris Explains Confederate Flag Antics

i would like to question ludacris statement that the song "georgia on my mind" was written "because of that racism" perhaps chris was unaware that 'georgia' was actually written by 2 white men on december 22, 1920, and it was in fact about (and still is) a white woman named georgia who left the singer and the longing he feels missing her and a desire to have her back. Of course mr bridges may very well know of the truth behind the creation of the song and is in fact trying to spread misinformation in an effort to rewrite history - like the confederate flag. "where we came from" was on board ships sailing under british, dutch, portugese, and united states flags as far back as 1607. Of course slavery didn't begin until 1655 here in north america (indentured sertitude prior to 1655) when a black land owner and farmer in virginia named anthony johnson captued his servant named john casor (also black) who johnson had kept 14 years (i.s. Was for a period of 7 years), and ran away. He took casor to court, and the judge ruled that casor was to become property of, and give the remainder of his days in slavery to, johnson - thus slavery in america as we know it was born. From 1655 until 1865, slavery existed in the us and was perfectly legal under the us constitution, and of course even during the civil war, when the south formed the confederate states, slavery was still legal and practised in the northern states of delaware, maryland, kentucky, missouri, new jersey, and west virginia, which lincoln coul

Dats real positive and i agree

I could have swore that georgia was written by ray charles for where he lived. And then after ray charles was banned from playing in any georgia clubs, then allowed to come back they made that song the state-wide theme song for georgia. And the confederate flag was the flag used by the south in the civil war, and it represented the souths wantin the continuation of their main economic resource, or slavery. No offense georgiaflagger but im sure that you should do your studing before you try and condem ludacris' motives for wearing the confederate flag. The south used the flag during the civil war and that is wear he is from, the south. Dont speak knowledge unless you know it all.

Thank you georgia flagger for posting that because it's the truth. I'm an african-american history major and what your saying about the flag is exactly right. Fresh2def you need to research ray charles because he did that song as a cover. Furthermore, the south did use the confederate flag in the war because it represented their beliefs. All of their beliefs, including slavery. So please take your own advice and "don't speak knowledge unless you know it all", or even some for that matter.

History rewritting itself formed by idiots exceled by ignorance.

Ray charles ''georgia on my mind'' was written because of racism. The confederate flag reperesents wanting to continue slavery. I want to thank ludacris for tring to educate people about real african american history. Ladysweets and flagger need to open there eyes and stop reading those his-tory books.

I'm not getting into the flag argument, but the facts about ray charles and "georgia on my mind" are very plain. The song was written by hoagy carmichael and stuart gorrell in 1930 -- the year charles was born. Charles released his version in 1960 on his album, "the genius hits the road." although, charles did refuse to play a segregated show in augusta, ga. In 1961, he was not banned by the state, just sued by the promoter. Charles returned to georgia throughout his career and was honored by the state legislature in 1979, when "georgia" was made the official state song. The version of events in the popular movie "ray" has been altered to make it more dramatic. Those are the facts, neither good nor bad, just the facts.

Ignorance is so great in our nation. But who is it thats really ignorant? look, im gonna be honest with you all. Im from the southern state north carolina, and i do have the flag, i have a small one a med one and a big one, wich that hangs in my studio. And yes, i am white, i have been rapping for about 4 years now, where i mostly work with black and hispanic artist. My producer is mexican, and my girl is rican, most of my crew is black. The flag never has or never will stand for slavery, slavery was in the us even while the civil war was going on. In fact ol abe signd the papers to free slaves but only in the southern states two years after the war started, and honestly that was because england was supporting the south, and threatend war apon the union. England around that time was huge anti slavery (why would they help the south then if thats what it was about) so after abe did this, england had no way to explain why they would fight a country supposely aginst slavery. I admit somethings to you all tho, the kkk and neonzi groups have tarnished the idea of the csa flag. You have no idea how much it pisses off confederate flag holding americans (and not just white oh believe me not just white). People want to have a culture, and heritage. And the kkk has ruind it greatly. And ignorance amongst the rest of us who believe in the rewritten history that the public schools teach us don't help the hate any. "racism is just as prevalent now and if we are not constantly mindful of our history and take c

My comment was cut short but anyway basicly after all that, i said how luda needs to be a little less ignorant himself on the subject. And how people i work with sometimes question be but are open minded and i tell them how it really is, and there cool like wow i didn't know that, then we record... Oh and for those who are sitting there like hes just sayin this cos he white!! chump, my madre is tuscaroran native american... Im a diverse person and obviously not ignorant... Anyway htio me back over out fix ps wisdom up kkk down

First of all i would like to say that i commend ludsacris for his actions and performance.to georgia flagger and ladysweet you comments let me further know how much rasicm is still alive. The history you know is the history "they" want you to know. The truth of the matter is the confederate flag is a symbol of racism.it is a symbol of people not wanting to let go of the grand fathers ways and closminded ideas.the fact is the war is over. And the amrican flag is the flag that stand the confederate flag has an empty meaning. No matter how many degrees you have on black culture or history just ask yourself who worte the book that your reading who approved it contents. Ask the source before you comment on what happended. You cant sugar coat the truth. The confederate flag is dead for all i care. (one love, one god,)

Oh and to fix i feel you for all its worth. But the fact reamins th e flag is a symbol of a time when blacks were severly oppressed and persecuted. And about the whole ray charles thing. He's a ledgend. The black man is by far the most immatated on this planetesspecially when it comes to music. Rap blues rock and roll & country now check those facts.

F*ck that sh*t i'm a redneck Bia'ch

The confederate flag is not a form of racicm the civil war was not about slavery it was all an exuse to say the south is wrong but they werent half the people dont know the real history behind that flag there were 165 years of slavery and 4 was with the confederate flag 161 with the american whose more racial oh and the north had slaves to during the war too so hows that the cause of the civil war did you know that the x on the csa flag meant the cross of cristianity kkk didnt have anyhting to do with the confederate flag ludicrus ought to step it down a notch and learn his history and halp the peopke on this blog need to to

Just the facts. The usa, as a nation, came into existence in 1789 when the constitution was ratified. Involuntary african servitude ended in 1865 with the 13th amendment. Hence, 76 years of slavery in the usa. Slavery in the csa, 4 years. Many other countries, including great britain, the netherlands, portugal, spain, france, some of the north african countries and some of those in the middle east were involved in the trans-atlantic slave trade. Are those countries flags painful reminders of slavery? do any black americans protest the existence of slave museums? how are they not painful reminders? ludacris is just like his name, ludicrous. He has been gaming all you idiotic suckers. Anything for the camera, for the press. A new book, complicity, details the extent the yankees, including abolitionists, profited from the slave trade. Also, the trade in ivory enslaved african tribesmen into the 1950's, coasting millions of lives in the process, not to mention the poor elephants. So, all this blame towards the noble and honourable confederate battle flag pales in comparison.

This was written by hoagy carmichael and stuart gorrell in 1930. Carmichael was an actor, performer, and popular songwriter - some of his other compositions include "stardust" and "winter moon." gorrell was a banker living in new york city, and he wrote the lyrics. It's possible that this was written about a woman, not the state. Carmichael and gorrell didn't live in georgia, but carmichael did have a sister named georgia. This was a #10 hit for a jazz saxophone player named frankie trumbauer in 1931. Many artists have recorded it over the years, including louis armstrong, james brown (a georgia native), django reinhardt, and willie nelson. Charles' version is by far the most famous. Source: .songfacts/detail?id=2 086 gorrell wrote the lyrics in 1930 and hoagy added the music. While the song's namesake is popularly mistaken as the state of georgia, it was actually written for hoagy's sister georgia carmichael. In fact, neither gorrell nor hoagy had ever even been to georgia by 1930. It was not until ray charles' 1960 recording of it became a major hit, and (in a mutual symbol of reconciliation after conflict over civil rights issues) he performed it on march 7, 1979 before the georgia general assembly, that the connection to the state was made. The georgia general assembly officially adopted it as the state song on april 24 of that year. Source: en.wikipedia/wiki/georgia_on_ my_mind

Heres my feelings on this. First off hand, i would like to commend the people on putting what is historically correct abot the csa. That flag is a part of our history, rather like it or not. I fully support to keep the flag flyin. I study the civil war and you would be suprised how terrible the so called "union" treated people, both white and black. My family is from the carolina's and we have strong southern roots. Unfortunately, if you live up here in the north, history is taught different than in the south. We cannot change history no matter how bad we want to. In these days, everything has become so hipo-critical. I see rap albums where there was a confederate flag burning... I think that is a disgrace to all the americans, our people black and white, who fought under that flag (yes there were black in the confederacy who actually fought). But now in these days, if you make a a stand on wanting to support the flag, you are condemed as a racist. That is not fair. But i see these frivalous lawsuits and people using their race to justify their wrong doings. Thats again not fair to the honest working man, no matter what skin color he is. And if you ask a true hardworking man, i'm sure he will say the same thing. Thankyou for taking your time to read my thoughts.

Look im from louisiana, a huge plantation state. I and the rest of my family own a confederate flag. I does not stand for slavery. I represents a southern nation that should exist. After all, we were betyter than the yankees ad was winning mosty of the war. Sure, my family owned a plantation and about 750 slaves,but the north is what brought them into the country and suddenly wanted to stop it 70 summ odd years later. So the south was not just about slavery. It was just there and we were just trying to save our way of life and put an end to uncle tom's cabin, a stupid book that harassed southerners and made us and my family back then hate abolitionists and the north. I think the south would have been better off seperate so we could show them yankees that we can fin for ourselves. Jeff davis-you da man!

Misrepresented people you are indeed a fool. That is why i cannot tolerate stupid yankees like you. And that is also why the south should have won so we could be rid of northerners like you. Our grandfathers in the south were great men who fought for a great cause and you should realize that. The flag didnt represent slavery it represented the southern way of life and the csa. I hate people who dont understand that ther yankees brought tyhe slaves here 70 years before the csa was formed. And also slaves were much better off than those immigreant living in shacks up there in your factories. I will always consider my self more confederate than american because of my beautiful sothern heritage!!!

There is really nothing racist about our southern flag. Most blacks in south georgia have no problem that flag. There were black confederates in the civil war. Mostly cajun blacks in south louisiana fought in the civil war for the south. The reason they fought against the union is because they had already made their homes in the louisiana bayous and swamps. They already knew the cajun lauguage and didn't want to leave thier homes. The cajun general, pierre gustave toutant de' beauregard, was a white confederate general during the civil war. Beauregard spoke in favor of civil rights and voting for the recently freed slaves. Yankees brougt slaves from africa and mostly from the island of haiti. Most "african americans" are actually haiti americans. The yanks made africans and haitians load all of their valued things on their yankee ships. The yankees then loaded the blacks on their ships. With the american flag flying, not the confederate flag, the yankees brought "slaves" to the boston harbor in the north. They were brought to the south and sold on our southern plantations. After the civil war whites picked cotton in georgia, south carolina, alabama, and mississippi. All of my grandparents and their mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers picked their cotton on these georgia plantations without the sweat of one slave. My greatx3 grandpa was in the 32nd georgia infantry and it offends me when i am called racist for flying a rebel flag. Not everyone who displays a confederate flag is racist. K

Well said georgia confederate, well said.

I'm a southerner. I love the south. Planter goverment your the reason for southerners looking like dumbasses. Look at the first comment you posted if you were to read it out loud you'd think a five year old wrote it. "i does not stand for slavery", or better yet "i think the south would have been better off seperate so we could show them yankees that we can fin for ourselves." excuse me p.g. We did try to "fin" for ourselves and we got our ass kick. All we had back then was slaves, cotton, and arrogance.

Luda i never knew you would say something like that luv ur number 1 fan

Confederate flag issue in the southern states this is just a little rant about the issue of the confederate flag. A lot, okay most, of the black people in america claim that the confederate flag should not be displayed by any state. For instance, in south carolina, the confederate flag is displayed under the state flag. In georgia, the confederate flag is a part of the state flag itself. Most people say that it should not be displayed because it's a racist symbol, since it was the flag of the confederacy, which supported slavery during the war between the states. I personally think that they need to get over it. Just because they see it as a racist symbol doesn't mean that everyone does. Most people that i know see it as a symbol of the fact that we live in the south and that the war and the flag is a part of our past. It symbolizes not only what black people went through, but also what everyone else went through and the people that died during the war. A good way to look at the confederate flag is to realize that it shows how far we've come as a society; from having blacks as slaves to giving them freedom. Also, regardless of how painful people today think slavery was, they weren't a part of it, so they shouldn't have any need to fool with the subject of the confederate flag, unless they're just out to piss off a lot of people by not only taking away a part of the tradition of the south (to hang the flag), but also by calling those people racist, when maybe they aren't. Not all people that supp

Confederate flag issue in the southern states this is just a little rant about the issue of the confederate flag. A lot, okay most, of the black people in america claim that the confederate flag should not be displayed by any state. For instance, in south carolina, the confederate flag is displayed under the state flag. In georgia, the confederate flag is a part of the state flag itself. Most people say that it should not be displayed because it's a racist symbol, since it was the flag of the confederacy, which supported slavery during the war between the states. I personally think that they need to get over it. Just because they see it as a racist symbol doesn't mean that everyone does. Most people that i know see it as a symbol of the fact that we live in the south and that the war and the flag is a part of our past. It symbolizes not only what black people went through, but also what everyone else went through and the people that died during the war. A good way to look at the confederate flag is to realize that it shows how far we've come as a society; from having blacks as slaves to giving them freedom. Also, regardless of how painful people today think slavery was, they weren't a part of it, so they shouldn't have any need to fool with the subject of the confederate flag, unless they're just out to piss off a lot of people by not only taking away a part of the tradition of the south (to hang the flag), but also by calling those people racist, when maybe they aren't. Not all people that supp

I would like to point out all the brave souls of the confederacy who died,.....most poor white southerners who didnt own slaves,and as young as 13 and 14 years old,....they are the forgotten heroes of the south,.....that is were our pride comes from,....they fought bravely and valiantly,outnumbered and out-resourced,....god bless those who wont forget....

Yes, well, i guess hypocrisy reigns supreme in the circles this idiot travels in. He dumps the confederate flag - a flag mired in false, skewed, and un-historical criticism - and pulls out the colors of the communist african national congress. How quaint.

Ludicris you are the hizzy and i completely agree with you. We can only improve the problems with the racism in this country!!

The flag was meant to prepresent in the southern state to remember all of the soilders who fought for our right and half of them were not for slavery so why should you automatically jump to the conclusion that the flag was made to be for salvery when in did it was not..yes racism could be fixed but it was the way people were raised and brought about that is there life style and it cant be changed...you live the way you do so let us live the way we do and all would be well and dont make things seem they are what they arent

The flag was a symbol of a nation fighting for the consitution with a southern man a confedarte wrote if you acctually knew your history you would see that it was not slavery that made the flag it was people fighting for there rights and the union army inferrenge with those rights because they wanted to abolish slavery and yet they to had slaves even lincoln himself so before you tread on our family history think bout it and yall to had slaves more then once in africa so before you worry about the south and our flag worry about africa and the slave flags they fly cuz ours aint never comin down in the south...southern born southern bred southern till the day we are dead...

There is all this banter that the flags intended meaning excludes racism. Maybe in its beginning, but as time went on, one of the souths prominent ideals was slavery. One of the things the south was fighting for was to keep slavery. The representation of the south was the confederate flag which included keeping slavery legal. As with some arguments, some are saying that isnt the meaning of the flag at all, but with its prominent usage of it among the clan and neo nazis, how can you blame african americans for having a great feeling of disdain when they see it. This symbol is often used to represent hatred towards their and my people so naturally the reaction will be a feeling of hatred. For people who say its a representation of heritage, that heritage includes a gratuitous usage of slavery. So when one puts one and two together, what is left to be inferred more often that not. I can understand that not everyone who sports a confederate flag is racist. But this can related to being a young black man who dresses hip hop and living in the projects. With the general stigma that surrounds living in project housing let alone being black and dressing hip hop. Your automatically assumed to be up to no good. Now you may be a 4.0+ student, heading to college, going to make something out of yourself. But with the way you dress and where you live, there is already the preconceived notion and your stuck with that stigma right off the bat. Honestly the way to avoid being the recipient of that judgement is to

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stanley k. Lott e-mail is stanleyklott@hotmail his phone is 973-458-8279. His address is 343 oak street,apt#1,passaic,n.j.07055

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