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Date: | ====Date: [[:Category:2011|2011]] ==== | ||
Artist: Byron Thomas | |||
Confronting Bodies: Housing Office of the University of South Carolina Beaufort | |||
Dates of Action: 2011 | ====Region: [[:Category:United States|United States]] ==== | ||
Location: South Carolina, USA | |||
Description of Artwork: The Confederate Flag; unofficial symbol of the south that represented the US confederacy | |||
The Incident: 19-year old University of South Carolina Beaufort student Byron Thomas, decorated his window with a confederate flag after having done research and a school project on the symbol. He was directed to remove the flag from his window to avoid offending other people. A threat to his freedom of speech and his beliefs that the flag is merely a symbol of "southern pride", Thomas has since gone viral and posted a video of why he feels he shouldn't have to remove the flag and his plans to fight if he is forced to. | |||
Source: | ====Subject: [[:Category:Free Speech|Free Speech]], [[:Category:Personal Opinion|Personal Opinion]] ==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Decoration|Decoration]], [[:Category:Flag|Flag]]==== | |||
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'''Artist:''' Byron Thomas | |||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Housing Office of the University of South Carolina Beaufort | |||
'''Dates of Action:''' 2011 | |||
'''Location:''' South Carolina, USA | |||
'''Description of Artwork:''' The Confederate Flag; unofficial symbol of the south that represented the US confederacy <P> | |||
'''The Incident:''' 19-year old University of South Carolina Beaufort student Byron Thomas (GoGreen58), decorated his window with a confederate flag after having done research and a school project on the symbol. He was directed to remove the flag from his window to avoid offending other people. A threat to his freedom of speech and his beliefs that the flag is merely a symbol of "southern pride", Thomas has since gone viral and posted a video of why he feels he shouldn't have to remove the flag and his plans to fight if he is forced to. <P> | |||
'''Results of Incident:''' Flag has been removed from Thomas's window. <P> | |||
'''Source:''' [http://www.islandpacket.com/2011/11/30/1881122/black-student-calls-confederate.html][http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/30/overheard-on-cnn-com-who-decides-whats-racist/] | |||
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[[Category:Beaufort, South Carolina]] | |||
[[Category:Freedom of speech]] | |||
[[Category:Pride]] | |||
[[Category:University of South Carolina Beaufort]] | |||
[[Category:GoGreen58]] | |||
Revision as of 04:55, 6 December 2011
Date: 2011
Region: United States
Subject: Free Speech, Personal Opinion
Medium: Decoration, Flag
Artist: Byron Thomas
Confronting Bodies: Housing Office of the University of South Carolina Beaufort
Dates of Action: 2011
Location: South Carolina, USA
Description of Artwork: The Confederate Flag; unofficial symbol of the south that represented the US confederacy
The Incident: 19-year old University of South Carolina Beaufort student Byron Thomas (GoGreen58), decorated his window with a confederate flag after having done research and a school project on the symbol. He was directed to remove the flag from his window to avoid offending other people. A threat to his freedom of speech and his beliefs that the flag is merely a symbol of "southern pride", Thomas has since gone viral and posted a video of why he feels he shouldn't have to remove the flag and his plans to fight if he is forced to.
Results of Incident: Flag has been removed from Thomas's window.
