Part 1: (About That Unity In This Community) Otis Wallace's Former High School Alma Mater Celebrates With The Confederate Flag

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Florida City Mayor Otis Wallace had a lot to say about the Confederate Flag in 2009, but his voice is absent from protesting the South Dade Senior High School Alumni's Rebel Reunions. Remember when Otis Wallace swore in Steve Bateman, Judy Waldman, Elvis Maldonado, Jimmie Williams and Steve Shelley in 2009?


See Parts 2 and 3. Coming Up Later.



 Otis was quoted in 2009, ``I think the decision to prohibit the flag reflects that the organization cares about (unity in this community),'' he said. ``I look forward to celebrating with them the contributions of our veterans.''

 Wallace said MAC members explained to him that they made their decision to cancel this year’s parade not over the flag controversy directly, but rat her because too many participants had withdrawn from the event because of the controversy.

“They told me there were too many organizations that had informed them they would not be participating, and they decided to cancel it,” Wallace explained.

The Miami-Dade NAACP, which had threatened an economic boycott of the chamber's member businesses if Confederate States groups were allowed in future parades, stressed that it did not seek an end to the parade, but rather to ban the display of the Confederate flag at the parade.

“The NAACP and the coalition of organizations and concerned Americans does not desire the cancellation of the parade but rather a parade that will truly honor U.S. veterans and not insult significant numbers of our citizens,’’ Bishop Victor Curry, president of the Miami-Dade NAACP, said in a statement sent by email on Tuesday to the media. “Confederate symbols are symbols of support for white supremacy, resistance to desegregation and fighting to maintain slavery. They are as offensive as the Nazi swastika.’’

What will Otis do about South Dade Senior High School's Alumni? What about the Rebel Reunions?


Is anybody starting to get the picture? 


When will Reverend Jimmie Williams III and Otis Wallace figure out they were being used for political gain?

 

Did you know Judy Waldman and Steve Bateman are both alumni of South Dade Senior High School?