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Yes, that's Rick Perlstein of Newsweek's opinion:
http://www.newsweek.com/its-time-haul-down-another-flag-racist-hate-361929
Cliffs:
It's a Vietnam Era flag that paints America/Americans as the victims of a war we were the aggressors in, and in terms of the list of victims of that war, it's not us that deserves sympathy. He really doesn't explain why he thinks it's particularly racist, but spends a lot of time explaining why he thinks it's unnecessary, dishonest, and distorts what actually happened in that war.
http://www.newsweek.com/its-time-haul-down-another-flag-racist-hate-361929
Cliffs:
It's a Vietnam Era flag that paints America/Americans as the victims of a war we were the aggressors in, and in terms of the list of victims of that war, it's not us that deserves sympathy. He really doesn't explain why he thinks it's particularly racist, but spends a lot of time explaining why he thinks it's unnecessary, dishonest, and distorts what actually happened in that war.
"That damned flag: It