Okay everybody, lets gather around and hear what Miss. Sabrina has to say. It is time that we stop flying the Confederate flag. It is 2016. Do you not think that we as a country have evolved past the times of slavery. “But Sabrina you know its to show Southern Pride not racism.” Pipe down Billy Bob.
First of all, it's racist. Period. Second of all, if the only way you can think of to display Southern pride is through something that so blatantly ties its self to a very dark time in our country, you aren’t really very Southern. Luckily for you, Billy Bob, I like to think of myself as a Southern Belle and I have never owned anything with a confederate flag. So here are things you can do to show your pride of the South without the Confederate flag.
1. Make some sweet tea
There is no better way to signal that you are from the South than drinking some of mama's rot-your-teeth sweet tea.
2. Buy a T-shirt with a sassy Southern phrase
These are awesome. My personal favorite is "Born American but Southern by the Grace of God"
3. Go to a football game.
We don't have Longhorns for you to just stay at home.
4. Go to Dairy Queen
I know there are Diary Queens in other Yankee states but it always feels very southern.
5. Drink some peanuts and coke
I do not really know where this came from but its good.
6. Blast some George Strait
He is our king,
7. Go to the lake
and this is our palace.
8. Buy some cowboy boots
They come in all shapes, sizes and colors... just like people from the South.
9. Be a good neighbor
Southern charm is no joke. Prove it by showing it off to everyone you come in contact with.
It can all boil down to the traits of a true Southerner someone who is polite, kind and respectful. At least that is how I was raised. In no way am I anti-South, I am extremely proud of where I was raised. Though, I AM embarrassed by the people who think that it is okay to continue to block change by continuously tying the South to its dark past. At the end of the day there are many other ways to show your pride besides the Confederate flag.
