'Rednecks For Black Lives' Urges Southerners To Fight For Racial Justice
Up until June of this year, Greg Reese of Canton, Kentucky, proudly featured a Confederate flag magnet on the trunk of his car.
But after a series of realizations, including the police killing of George Floyd, Reese removed the magnet and created a new decal — one that read “Rednecks for Black Lives.” The bumper sticker he designed features a new inclusive, and colorful, Southern pride flag.
Although he says it took him a while to admit the problem, he now feels “disgust” at ever flying the Confederate flag.
“Some of us still are in the dark or want to stay in the dark about [the Confederate flag],” he says. “And it was an icon growing up as a child. You saw it everywhere.”
He started a Facebook group to engage people to join the movement. He also connected with Southern Crossroads, a group of self-described hillbilly rednecks from Kentucky, in order to educate himself and others.
“You can sit back and say,
