Last Friday South Carolina decided to remove the Confederate Flag from the statehouse grounds in Columbia in the wake of the race-related devastation that occurred in Charleston.
Cam Newton, the Panthers’ 26-year-old quarterback, talked to the Charlotte Observer and verbalized his support of this monumental decision. He gave this interview to the press during his second annual Cam Newton Foundation 7-on-7 Championship at Nation Ford High in Fort Mill, S.C.
“There shouldn’t be a discrepancy of this particular culture, this particular kind, this particular race between anybody else,” Newton said. “It’s very enlightening, it’s very impactful, to see that flag come down that was remembrance of something that’s not what this country is all about.