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NEW YORK (AP) -- Trace Adkins wore an earpiece decorated like the Confederate flag when he performed at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony, but says he meant no offense by it.
Adkins appeared with the earpiece on a nationally televised special for the lighting on Wednesday. Some regard the flag as a racist symbol and criticized Adkins in Twitter postings.
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But in a statement released Thursday, the Louisiana native called himself a proud American who objects to any oppression, and says the flag represents his Southern heritage.
He noted he's a descendant of Confederate soldiers, and says he did not intend offense by wearing it.
Adkins -- on a USO tour in Japan -- also called for the preservation of America's battlefields and an "honest conversation about the country's history."
I find blacks offensive when they use the N word ... I find them racist when people like Sharpton, J Jackson and Rev Wright .. much less louis Farrakan sprew their hate ...
No one is forcing them to stop ...
Learn what the Civil war was Really about and why it Really started > it was not slaves .. 99+% of people didint even have slaves
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