x-sender: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com x-receiver: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com Received: from mail pickup service by IQ12 with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 21 Jun 2015 17:14:27 -0400 thread-index: AdCsZ0E6ehP/83OlRtKGbj4IF14oew== Thread-Topic: Remove the Confederate Flag #TakeItDown From: To: Subject: Remove the Confederate Flag #TakeItDown Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 17:14:26 -0400 Message-ID: <7988E4439E954CE582F5AC6732FEB408@IQ12> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.1.7601.17609 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Jun 2015 21:14:27.0066 (UTC) FILETIME=[41490DA0:01D0AC67] CUSTOM Ms. Poonam Daryani 4113 San Mateo Drive Plano TX 75093 pdaryani23@yahoo.com WELF Remove the Confederate Flag #TakeItDown I'm an Indian American, and I have found myself deeply saddened not only by the shootings in Charleston, but by the national response to their act of pure domestic terrorism. I understand that you have defended the display of the Confederate flag on the grounds of the statehouse in Columbia. Today is June 19th, or Juneteenth, the day we celebrate the emancipation of slaves in the Confederate south. Please take down the flag which is a symbol of racist ideology and actions targeting Black communities. The flag diminishes the importance of Juneteenth; as long as it waves, this day is deprived of true meaning - a disingenuous nod towards a just society that we are not committed to in practice or heart. As an Indian American, I stand against racism and inequity. I hope you will join me in the movement to build compassionate solidarity between South Asian and African American communities.