New Georgia Confederate license plate stirs controversy

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Photo: Georgia Department of Revenue

The Georgia Department of Revenue’s motor vehicle division has once again approved a specialty license plate that features a Confederate battle flag. As expected, this has infuriated many civil rights advocates, as well as citizens who understand and do not tolerate the history this racist and genocide symbol represents. The new license plate has revamped the age-old debate between those who feel the symbol honors Confederate heritage and those, particularly African-Americans, who view it as a racially motivated symbol of oppression.

From the AJC:

Spokesman Ray McBerry said the group meant no offense and views the plates as a way for people to honor their heritage.

“We believe that everyone has the right to preserve their heritage,” he said. “Southerners have as much right to be proud of their heritage as anybody else.”

Southern Christian Leadership Conference spokesman Maynard Eaton told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution the state shouldn’t have sanctioned the move.

“To display this is reprehensible,” Eaton said. “We don’t have license plates saying ‘Black Power.’”

Gov. Nathan Deal said Tuesday that he was unaware of the plate.

“I hadn’t heard that, so I don’t know anything about it,” Deal said. “I’ll have to talk to them about it. I had no information in advance about it.”

In Georgia, the Department of Revenue’s motor vehicle division approves proposed designs for specialty plates.

Source: AJC

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