Members of the Miami-Dade branch of the NAACP want the Confederate flag banned from the Homestead-Miami Motor Speedway, and they will meet Thursday to decide whether to boycott a NASCAR race slated there for November.
Debra Toomer, the branch's chairwoman of press and publicity, said a planning session has been scheduled to decide on a course of action regarding the display of the flag at the Nov. 20-22 event, as well as its presence at city-sponsored events like last year's Veterans Day parade.
"The concern is there," Toomer said of Confederate flags. She declined to comment further before the meeting.
But officials at NASCAR and the raceway say there's little they can do to prevent spectators from displaying or waving the Confederate flag.
NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston told FOXNews.com that NASCAR's "longstanding policy" prohibits displays of the Confederate flag on its cars, uniforms, licensed merchandise or in advertisements.
"You're not going to see the flag or the symbol on any of those things," Poston said. "It's been that way for a very long time." - FOX News Story
Seriously! The NAACP is going after NASCAR over Private Citizens excercising their rights of free speech flying the Confederate flag?
Am I wrong or does the NAACP many times join in with the ACLU to back the rights of Citizens?
Well this is the right of these citizens to fly the Confederate Flag, the Number 3 Flag, or any Flag that they choose to fly.
Seems a bit ridiculous to me.
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