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A symbol of racial hatred and violence has been removed from the State Capitol in South Carolina, but according to Howard University School of Divinity applied theology professor Harold Dean Trulear, deep divisions and the need for self-examination remain. Watch our conversation about lessons still to be learned, attitudes still to be changed, and the role of faith communities in healing our racial divides. Photos by Lauren Talley.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Faith communities, observes Howard University School of Divinity applied theology professor Harold Dean Trulear, are \u201cfounded on forgiveness.\u201d Together the Charleston church shooting and the Confederate flag debate have \u201cuncovered the depth of racism in our country and the ways our nation still remains deeply divided. But it also uncovered some real people of good will…Now we\u2019re working very hard to try to do some healing.” More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":26468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[1048,10271],"class_list":["post-26450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-race","tag-south-carolina","topics-culture-and-society","topics-race","topics-us-domestic-issues"],"yoast_head":"\nMoving Beyond the Confederate Flag | July 10, 2015 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A symbol of racial division and violence has been removed, but our deep divisions and need for self-examination remain.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta 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