.thereidout Blog: In a new ad, Democrat Gary Chambers torches a Confederate flag while talking about the history of racial oppression in the South.
In the ad, called “Scars and Bars,” Chambers, who is Black, sets fire to awhile explaining how Southern states routinely oppressed Black people during and after the Civil War.
“They said, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’ But here in Louisiana and all over the South, Jim Crow never really left,” Chambers said in the ad. “And the remnants of the Confederacy remain.”went on to tell the story of former Louisiana Gov. P.B.S. Pinchback, the country's first Black governor. Pinchback"I do believe the South will rise again," Chambers said."But this time, it'll be on our terms.
Chambers hasn’t shied away from discussions about racial inequality since launching his campaign. In January, he shared an
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