He does not believe the flag has any racist connotations. A black man approached Ramirez. Rudy Reynolds, 63, who works at a tooling shop down the road, needed a bandana to keep the sweat out of his eyes. Ramirez rummaged in his trailer, reaching several times past a Confederate flag-themed bandanna. “The flag was here long before I got here.”

Source: New York Times June 20, 2020 06:56 UTC