"You're A Grand Old Flag"

Code Switch

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🗓️ 6 July 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Why do some people of color embrace the American flag while others refuse to wave it? 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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0:29.6	What's good?
0:30.6	I'm Gene Demby.
0:31.6	And I'm Adrian Flaredo.
0:32.6	So, Gene, a few weeks ago, I was reporting outside a Donald Trump rally at the Convention
0:38.0	Center in Anaheim, California.
0:39.0	It's my hometown, by the way.
0:40.8	I was literally across the street from Disneyland.
0:43.9	And there was this guy standing on the sidewalk, waving this huge American flag.
0:51.0	And I'll be honest with you, I was a little confused.
0:54.1	Because this guy looked Latino, and so I was like, is he here for Trump or against Trump?
0:59.1	Because usually, it's the brown people at the Trump rallies were with the counter protesters,
1:03.6	and the people waving the American flag tend to be with the white Trump supporters, right?
1:07.3	Right.
1:08.3	I mean, that's generally what I've seen when I've been out reporting, or when I've been
1:11.3	watching these protests on TV.
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