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What does it mean?
The author questions whether the current national flag, with its colonial history, should be kept or replaced with a new one.
In plain terms
Should we keep the flag from our colonial past or get a new one?
What can you take from it?
Decide if colonial symbols should stay in national identity.

Where it applies

  • flag debates
  • national celebrations
  • historical reviews

Putting it to work

  • symbol reviews
  • public voting
  • design commissions

Questions to consider

  • What should a flag represent?
  • Is history a reason to keep a symbol?

Another view

Flags can remain divisive if history is interpreted differently.

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