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Changing Stripes

99% Invisible

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The Yellow Flag of Viet Nam

A lot of refugees see the official flag, the red flag with the yellow five pointed star, as a reminder of what they'd fled in viat nam. As vdmes americans became more politically active in the nineties and early two thousands, essentially anywhere the official flag appeared, a protest would follow. At its peak, the ela times recorded over 15 thousand protesters in one day. The south vinmy's flag could be especially inciting when used in community politics. When you call someone a communist in the little psycon community, that's like a death nell for their political career,. It's slanderous.

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