I’ve never understood this kind of identity work but I concede that it’s because I am black.
But the Yellowstone stuff — like a lot of the retail MAGA symbols — are a type of flag. Anchoring group identity during massive upheaval in white group boundaries.
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Flags can be powerful forces that shape identities, memories, and legal narratives across cultural and political landscapes.
