Make-Up blog #9 Kiese Reading Make-up

i feel like this is how I feel as a young, black woman in Louisiana but less racism. To be Black in the South means having so much pride in where you're from, especially New Orleans.  For example, many New Orleanians make a distinction between the South and New Orleans as if they are two separate regions (which they are). Being Black in the South also means recognizing how incredibly slow, receptive, and accepting of change and now it's to the point where it infuriates me. Another note I would lie to add is that many Black people fear going to certain areas of the South. For example, there are certain places of Slidell, LA and parts of Mississippi where I refuse to go out of fear that I'll be harassed or killed for the color of my skin and it is mainly because those areas proudly wave the Confederate Flag. It may be weird but I am sincerely terrified of the Confederate Flag because wherever that piece of fabric flies, death follows and it was usually the death of black bodies. Everything that Laymon has said is very in that the removal of the Confederate Flag will help the fight for equality and to end racism, but it is not a solution to an almost 400 year old problem that has plagued the U.S. since its inception.