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Confederate flag at Hamilton-area home prompts calls for changes to hate-symbol laws Social Sharing

  Police say they can't take the flag down, the homeowner says they don't care 'what people think' A home in Binbrook, a rural community in Hamilton, is flying a Confederate flag. The Canadian Anti-Hate Network says it is a hate symbol which celebrates the murder and slavery of Black people. (Bobby Hristova/CBC) Whenever Amie Archibald-Varley sees a Confederate flag waving in the wind at a rural Hamilton home in her neighbourhood, she said she feels fear and confusion. Be Motivated  "I have small children ... they're racialized as well ... it's concerning because it's like 'Are my kids going to face this type of hate? Are my kids going to be called the n-word or have to experience this type of fear?'" Archibald-Varley, who is Jamaican Canadian, told CBC Hamilton. Archibald-Varley said she and her family live minutes away from the home. The Confederate battle flag was flown during the U.S. Civil War, notoriously by Gen. Robert E. Lee's a...