NASCAR Deserves Praise for Stance on Confederate Flag
By Jared Turner Dale Earnhardt Jr. calls the Confederate flag “offensive to an entire race,” and says, “it belongs in the history books and that’s about it.” Earnhardt’s fellow drivers Jeff Gordon and Joey Logano agree with NASCAR’s statement that it supports South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s recent call for state lawmakers to remove the controversial symbol of the old Confederacy that currently rests outside the state capitol. Darian Grubb, the crew chief for Carl Edwards, says the flag is “a symbol of hate to some people, so why have it around?” Yeah, exactly. Why have it around? Especially after gunman and…