Stop flying Confederate flags in Federal Way | Letter

Published 3:24 pm Friday, June 26, 2015

A lot has been made of the flag of the Confederacy flying in front of the state Capitol of South Carolina.

As citizens of Washington state, we have no voice in South Carolina. We can, however, make our voices heard in Federal Way and King County. I call on the city and King County to stop flying the state flags of Alabama, Florida and Mississippi within Parade of Flags outside of the King County Aquatic Center on Southwest Campus Drive.

This is the 21st century and we live in a diverse community. Remove the flags of treason and suppression fostered by the mis-guided nods to the histories of Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. As Americans, we must own our past mistakes, regret them and ask for forgiveness — not make excuses.

The flags of the confederacy belong in museums, not flying in public as an affront to our ethics and morality.

Jann Perez, Federal Way