I wasn't going to post this because I thought it not relevant but I changed my mind, it is. This shows the criteria for the flag selection. It proves that racism was not apart of the design process.

The Daily Dispatch: April 21, 1862.

Richmond Dispatch.
Monday Morn'g........april 24 1862

Senate. Saturday, April 19, 1862.

Mr. Semmes, from the joint Committee of Congress on Flag and Seal, submitted the following report:

To the Honorable the Senate and Congress of the Confederate States:

The joint Committee on Flag and Seal submit to the judgment of Congress the accompanying design of a flag, and recommend its adoption as the flag of the Confederate States of America.

The considerations which influenced the committee in selecting the proposed design, were:

1. 1st. Its want of resemblance to the flag of any other nation.
2. 2d. The distinctness of its colors, rendering it discernable at a distance.
3. 3d. Its simplicity, and consequent facility of fabrication for an emergency.
4. 4th. Its conformity to the proprieties of heraldry.
5. 5th. Its symbolization of the characteristics of a free and prosperous people.

Ancient heralds, in their quaint language, would describe this flag as "on a field rules saltier argent, with a shield azure charged with a sun in his glory or."

The red field denotes martial prowess, boldness, courage, valor. The saltier ("an honorable ordinary in heraldry,") is the emblem of progress and strength — its white indicating purity, innocence and gentleness. The blue of the shield represents justice, faith, perseverance and vigilance. The sun manifests the dominion, generosity and stability of the Confederacy.

Nearly all the designs submitted to the committee contained a combination of stars. This heraldic emblem, however, has been discarded, as a manifestation of our entire and absolute severance from the "United States," and the complete annihilation of every sentiment indicating the faintest hope of reconstruction.

(Signed) Hy. J. Semmes,

Chairman on the part of the Senate.

Alex. R. Boteler,

Chairman on the part of the House of Representatives.

The report was read, and laid on the table for the present, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Semmes then offered the following, which, after being read, was postponed for consideration till 12 o'clock:

A joint resolution Adopting the flag of the Confederate States of America.

Resolved, by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That the flag of the Confederate States shall be as follows: A red field charged with a white saltier, having in the centre the device of a sun in his glory, on an azure shield, the rays of the sun corresponding with the number of the States composing the Confederacy.
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This was rejected.

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The Daily Dispatch: April 23, 1863.
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Richmond Dispatch.
Thursday Morn'g...april 23, 1863

Mr. Semmer, of La., from the Joint Committee on Flag and Seal, reported a bill to establish the flag of the Confederate States, which was passed. It provides that.

The flag of the Confederate States shall consist of a white field, with the battle flag for a union, which shall be square and occupy two-thirds of the width of the flag, and a blue bar, one-third of the flag in its width, dividing the field lengthwise.
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I already posted the vote on this flag on May 1, 1863.