In the wake of the recent Confederate flag controversy currently dividing our country, it seems another historic symbol also conjures feelings of hurt for some. A symbol near and dear to New Orleanians everywhere: the fleur-de-lis.
"As an African I find it painful, and I think people whose ancestors were enslaved here may feel it even harder than I do as an African," Seck said.
That's right. The iconic symbol of our beloved city and our Saints actually has a troubled history, according to some historians.
The black code was a set of regulations adopted in Louisiana in 1724 from other French colonies around the world, meant to govern the state's slave population.