Encore: 'You're A Grand Old Flag'

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🗓️ 14 June 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Why do some people of color embrace the American flag while others refuse to wave it? In this episode from the Code Switch archives, Gene Demby and Adrian Florido unpack the complicated patriotism and evolving use of the flag with immigrant rights protesters and Native American veterans.

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0:00.0	What's good y'all, I'm Gene Dempey.
0:05.3	And I'm Shrine Maddie Soul Maraji and today is Flag Day.
0:09.8	I know like three of you knew that.
0:11.1	Yeah, that's why I didn't get you a gift.
0:12.7	It's not a federal holiday, so we don't talk about it much,
0:15.1	but it is a day set aside to honor the American flag.
0:17.8	And we definitely have something to say about old glory.
0:20.1	Yo, yo, yo, yo.
0:22.9	Well, I'll just start by saying this.
0:25.1	Every tribe in Indian country has their own flag song.
0:29.1	What flag are we talking about here?
0:30.7	The US flag.
0:31.6	Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
0:37.6	That's just a taste of this week's story.
0:39.7	It's from the Code Switch archives and features reporting
0:42.3	from our teammate, Adrian Floddy, though.
0:44.0	It aired last summer before the election when
0:46.1	the presidential campaign was in full swing,
0:47.9	but it's still relevant today.
0:50.2	A few weeks ago, I was reporting outside
0:52.6	a Donald Trump rally at the Convention Center
0:55.0	and a Hymn California.
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