Regarding “Museum’s founder didn’t like being buffaloed” (Page B1, Sunday), some people believe that the Confederate flag is just a symbol of their Southern heritage and that there is nothing wrong with being proud of it.
What they don’t realize is that other people see the Confederate flag as a symbol of the enslavement of their ancestors.
By the same token, some people see the U.S. Cavalry uniform as forever linked to the
genocide and ethnic cleansing of their ancestors.
Paul Matthews with his Buffalo Soldiers Museum and Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, with his Confederate flag, are both guilty of being insensitive and ignorant to the reality of history.-
Steve Melendez, President, American Indian Genocide Museum, Houston
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