Bubba Wallace says NASCAR Confederate flag ban is about inclusion at races, not getting rid of it everywhere

Bubba Wallace said he wasn’t surprised by NASCAR’s decision to ban Confederate flags from its events.

The Cup Series driver told Today he’d been in conversations with series executives for days before he publicly called for the sport to enact a ban this week during an interview on CNN.

“I’ve seen too many comments, too many stories from a fan, or first-time fans that have come to a race in years past and the first thing they say is, ‘I seen the Confederate flag flying, it made me feel uncomfortable,’” Wallace said on the show.

Wallace, the only African American driver in NASCAR’s top series, said he and his colleagues understand that for many, the flag is about heritage hot hate, and they aren’t trying to tell anyone what to do in their personal life, but he wants all fans at the track to feel included.

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