Well hi there! Welcome to the first episode of "Am I Allowed to Like This?" We're starting off celebrating America's 250th birthday by critiquing the symbol of its core values. What are those values? Who gets to benefit from them? And who gets left out? All that and more in this week's episode!
Sources:
- https://www.nationalflagfoundation.org/
- https://www.npr.org/2020/10/12/922272134/we-asked-americans-how-they-feel-about-the-u-s-flag-it-got-interesting
- https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/america-turns-250-say-stars-stripes-now-red-flag-rcna345939
- https://www.opb.org/article/2024/06/03/the-upside-down-american-flag-goes-mainstream-as-a-form-of-right-wing-protest/
- https://medium.com/@DanielHoran/confronting-the-idolatry-of-nationalism-again-c9b6ded2b95
Jul 7 202658 mins