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Redesign of Minnesota state flag draws controversy as some say it resembles Somalian state flag: 'Yall are conquered'

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A basic concept for a new Minnesota state flag has some patriotic Americans worried that the new flag pays homage to a foreign state rather than to the state of Minnesota.

Last Friday, the State Emblems Redesign Commission — a panel of 13 Minnesotans, some of whom represent "members of the state’s tribal and other communities of color," according to the AP — settled on a basic concept after receiving approximately 2,600 submissions from the public. The winning design was submitted by 24-year-old Andrew Prekker from Luverne, a city of almost 5,000 people in southwestern Minnesota, about 30 miles east of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

The left side of Prekker's design, which has already undergone minor revisions, features an abstract shape that loosely resembles the actual shape of Minnesota, and inside the shape is an eight-pointed star to reflect the state motto, "Star of the North." The right side features three stripes: white, which represents snow; green, which represents the importance of nature and agriculture; and blue, which represents water. Minnesota is not only the "Land of 10,000 Lakes," but it also contains the source of the Mississippi River.

Screenshot of Minnesota government website

However, critics on social media have noticed that this new basic flag concept bears a notable resemblance to the flag of Jubaland, a federal state in southern Somalia. The left side of the Jubaland flag has a triangular shape with a white star in the middle, and the right side is outfitted with green, blue, and white horizontal stripes.

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  • "Yall are conquered," "Timcast IRL" host Tim Pool wrote on X.
  • "They literally turned twin cities into the slums of Somalia. Disgraceful," said another popular response.
  • "Ilhan finally feels at home," came yet another popular comment.
Ilhan Omar, the controversial Democratic congresswoman representing Minneapolis and some area suburbs, originally hails from Somalia, as do many residents in her district. According to MinnPost, Minnesota has the largest Somali-American population in the United States: 86,610. Of those, 37,048 were born in Somalia.
Despite objections on social media, the SERC seems to be moving forward with the flag. The new basic concept is expected to undergo further revisions in the next couple of weeks.
"We’re not going to be able to make everybody happy," said Luis Fitch, who chairs the SERC. "The whole idea since Day One for me was to make sure that we can do a flag that unites us, not separates us."
The Minnesota legislature empaneled the SERC after receiving complaints about the current flag, adopted in 1957. While some griped that the flag's design was overly complicated, others insisted that it contained strong racist — perhaps even "genocidal" — undertones. The current flag depicts a white settler plowing a field with an axe and rifle nearby while a Native American riding a horse gallops along the periphery of the field. The white settler and Native American appear to be looking at each other.

Screenshot of Minnesota state website

"You see a very distinct line that is created by the plowed fields right in the middle showing that there is a division between the European at that time and the Indigenous person, and basically pushing them off into the sunset," Kevin Jensvold, the tribal chairman for the Yellow Medicine Dakota of the Upper Sioux Community, remarked in March 2022. "That way of life, that genocidal attempt to destroy our culture is depicted on that flag."

Last week, the SERC voted on a new state seal. Like the old seal, it features a loon, the Minnesota state bird. However, unlike the old seal, the new seal no longer includes the phrase "L’etoile du Nord," which is French for "Star of the North." Instead, it includes the Dakota phrase, "Mni Sota Makoce," from which the state derives its name. The phrase means "Land Where the Waters Reflect the Clouds."


Screenshot of Minnesota government website

The SERC meets again on Tuesday and must officially adopt the new seal and the new flag by January 1, 2024.

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Parents of 9-year-old boy accused of wearing blackface threaten to sue Deadspin; demand retraction, apology: Report

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The parents of a 9-year-old boy accused by a Deadspin writer of wearing blackface during a Kansas City Chiefs football game threatened to sue the outlet and demanded a retraction and apology, NewsNation reported.

What's the background?

The writer of the article, Carron J. Phillips, used a photo for his Deadspin piece showing only half of Holden Armenta's face, which was black. Problem is, the other half of Holden's face was red — one of the Chiefs' team colors:

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What's more, Holden's mother stated on her Facebook page that her son actually is Native American. The Armenta family noted they are part of the Chumash tribe of California and used to live on a reservation, Fox News said.

Dubiously, Phillips wrote in his Deadspin piece that Holden "found a way to hate Black people and the Native Americans at the same time."

Holden's father told Fox News' Jesse Watters that he's "mad" and "upset" about the toll the controversy has taken on his son: "He's pretty devastated."

Parents reportedly hire law firm

According to a letter NewsNation said it obtained, Holden’s parents — Shannon and Raul Armenta — hired Clare Locke LLP to threaten action against Phillips, Deadspin, G/O Media, and Great Hill Partners.

“These Articles, posts on X, and photos about Holden and his parents must be retracted immediately. It is not enough to quietly remove a tweet from X or disable the article from Deadspin’s website," the letter reads, according to NewsNation. "You must publish your retractions and issue an apology to my clients with the same prominence and fanfare with which you defamed them."

NewsNation added that Clare Locke helped Dominion Voting Systems win a $787.5 million settlement against Fox News.

Anything else?

Blaze News writer Carlos Garcia pointed out that Phillips, in his effort to double down against numerous critics railing against him, used a non-sequitur that accused them of hating Mexicans.

"For the idiots in my mentions who are treating this as some harmless act because the other side of his face was painted red, I could make the argument that it makes it even worse," Phillips wrote in an X post, which now appears to have been deleted. "Y’all are the ones who hate Mexicans but wear sombreros on Cinco."

In addition, a recent update to his Deadspin article notes that the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians released a statement "condemning" the "wearing regalia as part of a costume or participating in any other type of cultural appropriation." Strangely, the full statement from the tribe, which is included in the update, does not use the word "condemn" — rather that the tribe "does not endorse" the aforementioned activities.

Holden's father acknowledged in his interview with Watters that he's seen a "whirlwind of comments" about his son's headdress and that some tribal members "think it's OK, some think it's not OK" but that ultimately "it's a 9-year-old boy supporting his team."

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Holden's dad also told Watters that it’s "a little too late" for an apology from Phillips because the "damage is already done."

What's more, Phillips on Thursday posted a pair of entries on the X platform calling attention to a Native American tribe's reaction to Holden wearing a headdress. Phillips didn't use words to preface his pair of posts; instead he employed "eyeball" emojis, which typically are used as a "Look at this!" signal to readers.

In response, X users became furious and were in the process of ratioing each entry into oblivion (i.e., when comments outnumber likes) and blasting him. It appears, however, that the X posts in question have been deleted.

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