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Many African Americans feel the flag for the Confederate States of America called the stars and bars is a sign of racial hatred. States rights and advocates view the flag as heritage, not hatred. Such a difference of opinion over the exact same material object is an illustration of the sociological perspective called symbolic interactionism.
In sociology, this term refers to the meaning of symbols for people during daily interactions. It could be one thing for a group of people but at the same time, it could be other for a different group. It all depends on their past experiences and their perspectives. It was in the 1920s when American sociology Geoge Herbert Mead introduced this concept in the sociology of the United States.