Karen Clark Ristine, a senior minister at the church, took to Facebook to explain the immigration nativity scene. “What if this family sought refuge in our country today?” Ristine asks. This rendition however shows the mother, father, and son locked in separate cages. Photos posted online show familiar statues depicting Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. The Claremont United Methodist Church in Claremont, California used their annual Christmas nativity scene to symbolize a striking image about immigration. But six in ten (60%) white Americans see the Confederate flag as a symbol of southern pride, a view shared by just 15% of black Americans,” Jones wrote.Ĭhurch Uses Nativity Scene to Make a Point on Family Separation Notably, eight in ten (80%) black Americans say they view the Confederate flag as a symbol of racism. A slim majority (51%) of Americans say they see the Confederate flag more as a symbol of southern pride, while more than four in ten (41%) Americans say they see it more as a symbol of racism. Jones wrote about what Americans felt about the flag. “PRRI research reveals deep racial and class divides over what the Confederate flag represents. More than two-thirds (68%) of white Americans and a majority (54%) of Hispanic Americans agree that Confederate monuments are symbols of Southern pride, compared to only 29% of black Americans. In 2016, PRRI CEO and founder Robert P.
Per PRRI data from 2017, 58% of Americans see Confederate monuments as symbols of Southern pride rather than a symbol of racism, while 30% of Americans see them as a symbol of racism. Views of Confederate monuments vary starkly by race and ethnicity. As governor, Haley called for the removal of the Confederate flag from state offices following Roof’s massacre. But once he did that there was no way to overcome it,” Haley said. There’s a small minority that’s going to be there, but people saw it as service, and sacrifice, and heritage. “We don’t have hateful people in South Carolina. Haley, who was once the governor of South Carolina, said that people saw the flag as a symbol of “service, and sacrifice, and heritage.” That changed, according to Haley, when white supremacist mass shooter Dylann Roof “hijacked it” by killing nine people at the Emanuel African Methodist Church in 2015. ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley ignited controversy with her comments about the Confederate flag. In a Friday interview with Glenn Beck of Blaze TV, former U.S. Nikki Haley Says Confederate Flag Stood for ‘Service, Sacrifice, and Heritage’