Jay Z and Beyonce, Black People, Not "Buying Rights" to Racist Emblem
Jay Hathaway · 07/08/15 11:00AM![](http://images.gawker.com/1331772635853139304/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
In the aftermath of the mass shooting that killed nine in Charleston, S.C., the Confederate battle flag has come under fire as a symbol of shooter Dylann Roof’s racist ideology. And what’s better than taking down a racist symbol? How about one of the richest, most prominent black couples in America buying the rights to the flag so one can ever use it again?