Whether it is racist or non racist....does it truly matter?
Why in the heck would any Country that was in a war, allow the LOSERS to fly their flag at all.... beside the Nation's flag that won the war? Makes no sense to me...that Confederate flag should have been barred from Government property, over a hundred years ago.
Is the Swastika still flown in Germany? Heck NO! (and I am not equating the Confederates to the Nazis, just pointing out, losers don't get to fly their flags in the Nation they lost their war in even if it was a part of the Nation's History, why was this ever different here?)
Edit: and before you cry foul or something, I was born in Alabama, my Father as well and my entire family on my Dad's side all come from there and I have a family History full of Confederates....