Devil's Advocate here: The "rebel" flag is exclusive (LOL, I wrote "expulsive" at first...how Freudian) to America and Americans. While it signifies a terrible time in our history for African Americans, it also symbolizes other things for "them racists" down there.

I watched an episode of Bullshit! where Penn & Teller followed a guy who, every day, parades his large Confederate States flag to and from his town's center square. He is black. Uncle Ruckus he wasn't, either.