The Ol' Stars and Stripes!

In the wake of what I think is now just the second or third most recent open air shooting in South Carolina there is a growing movement to remove the Confederate flag wherever it still may fly particularly in government buildings.
 The logic being that the flag is a symbol of a particularly embarrassing time in this nation's past when we had what was known as chattel slavery as a principle economic driver. This, of course, was built on the racist ideology of blacks being inferior and put here to be used simply as tools.
Ok, fair enough. The Confederacy was an attempt to keep that deplorable tradition alive, but if the idea here is to destroy racist symbols that drive people to violence why exactly isn't anyone talking about doing away with the American flag as well?
America as a nation existed quite a while before the idea of the Confederacy was even conceived. In fact had there not been an America there would not have been a Confederacy. Of course, America was a nation built by slavery and extermination of the natives so right there you already meet the criteria for doing away with this symbol.
Some would argue:"Yeah but the U.S. got rid of slavery you silly goose LOL!"
Well, no the new industrial economic model simply works by way of a different kind of slavery wage slavery. Now here is the part where it will be argued this is not the same because you have a "choice" and conditions aren't as bad (apparently as long as people don't actually see flogging they're happy) blah blah.
AS far as choice goes you must work for a wage or you die and as far a the conditions go wage slavery is now a worldwide system and just like older models of slavery some slaves get better deals than others.
Ok so what about the racist element? Sure we're all wage slaves now but at least we are all a level playing field right? Simply not true thanks to more subtle but still not so subtle institutionalized racism there is a growing income gap between white and black families. Blacks tend to face far more severe punishments for minor infractions as well. For instance selling, loose cigarets might get you strangled to death on the street.
Some have said the Confederate flag moves extremists to violence. That might be true, but again what about the American flag? Historically America has inspired people to be very violent. The waving stars and stripes has been carried to battlefields all across the globe. The Confederate flag was a banner in one war the American flag clearly has more blood on its cloth. I mean fuck if you want to talk about something dangerous extremist rally around have you seen the fucking military??
In conclusion, if you find comfort in meaningless gestures and debates by all means get rid of the Confederate flag and see what changes. If you want to have a serious conversation about the pain and suffering these symbols cause well then you might want to consider throwing away the old stars and stripes as well.