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Date: 2011
====Date: [[:Category:2011|2011]] ====
Region: United States
Subject: Free Speech
Medium: Decoration, Flag


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: The Beaufort Gazette, CNN iReport
====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/]
 
 
 
[[Category:2011]]
 
[[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.

Source: [1][2]