The Shifting Symbolism of the Gadsden Flag - The New Yorker
"January of 2014, an African-American maintenance mechanic for the United States Postal Service in Denver filed a complaint charging that he had been subjected to racial discrimination.
Specifically, as a recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filing on the matter put it, one of the man’s co-workers “repeatedly wore a cap to work with an insignia of the Gadsden Flag.”
The cap design in question involves a coiled rattlesnake over the phrase “don’t tread on me,” against a yellow background.
You’ve seen it.
The Postal Service dismissed the complaint.
But, this summer, that decision was reversed by the E.E.O.C., which, after some procedural back-and-forth, ordered the agency to investigate the matter..."
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