<P> In 2016 the Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution at their annual meeting calling for Southern Baptist churches to stop displaying the Confederate flag, as a "sign of solidarity of the whole Body of Christ ." </P> <P> The Confederate flag is a controversial symbol for many Americans today . A 2011 Pew Research Center poll revealed that 30% of Americans had a "negative reaction" when "they saw the Confederate flag displayed ." According to the same poll, 9% of Americans had a positive reaction . A majority (58%) had no reaction . Among black Americans, 41% had a negative reaction, 10% had a positive reaction and 45% had no reaction . A similar poll taken in 2015 revealed little change from 2011 . </P> <P> In an October 2013 YouGov poll, a plurality (38%) of those polled disapproved of displaying the flag in public places . In the same poll, a plurality (44%) of those asked viewed the flag as a symbol of racism, with 24% viewing it as exclusively racist and 20% viewing it as both racist and symbolic of pride in the region . </P> <P> In a national survey in 2015 across all races, 57% of Americans had the opinion that the Confederate flag represented Southern pride rather than racism . A similar poll in 2000 had a nearly identical result of 59% . However, poll results from only the South yielded a completely different result . 75% of Southern whites described the flag as a symbol of pride, while, conversely, 75% of Southern blacks said the flag symbolized racism . </P>

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