Georgia has redesigned the license plate showing the confederate flag following its initial ban after the murder of nine African Americans in a church by domestic terrorist Dylan Roof, who supported this flag. 

Ever since the tragic incident, which took place in Charleston, S.C., Georgians have redesigned their license plates to still display it. This flag design is supported by the Sons Of Confederate Veterans, a group that asserts this flag is a symbol of southern heritage. Many disagree, claiming that the flag is disrespectful to African Americans and a symbol of hate.

Following the ban on selling the Confederate flag in June 2015, it is being redesigned as a license plate to appease the Sons Of Confederate Veterans, according to 11 Alive. "The governor did what he said he would do: Take that backdrop off it. We can live with that," said Dan Coleman, speaker for Sons Of Confederate Veteran. The new version will remove the watermark of the flag on the plate's whole background and instead use a small picture of the flag.

The confederate flag is plagued by a negative history of oppression for African Americans and slavery following the American Civil War, The Inquisitr reported. White supremacist Dylan Roof took many photographs with it to show his allegiance and support for the confederacy. A progressive group in Georgia has a petition to remove "symbols of hate and division." Mathew Gutterl, professor of African and American studies at Brown University, called the flag racist and a symbol of oppression back in June, according to The Washington Post. He says that people who defend it on the basis of heritage are speaking of a heritage of hatred.