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January 30, 2001
New Day in the South
 o the Editor:
Forward-thinking Southerners everywhere should take their New South hats off and salute the legislative leadership in Georgia for taking a stand against the New Age Klan and reducing the Confederate battle flag's dominance of the state flag (Week in Review, Jan. 28).
In this new millennium, when the race issue should begin to wane because of the progress of the last century and a half, it is preposterous to argue that the battle flag represents a positive heritage. Now that its symbolism has been reduced in South Carolina and Georgia, is it now possible to move on to more important issues, like poverty and crime and protecting our environment?
GLYNN WILSON
New Orleans, Jan. 28, 2001
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