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The removal of statues is not erasing history. The Civil War that ended slavery, the Jim Crow laws which followed and the systematic racism which continues to persist is both history and current reality.
The removal of Confederate and Jim Crow era statues are both is symbolic and important and needs to be done. But, the work to destroy systematic racism continues.
The removal of Confederate and Jim Crow era statues are both is symbolic and important and needs to be done. But, the work to destroy systematic racism continues.
Local Governments Have Jurisdiction
Local governments primarily have jurisdiction over the removal of statues. Local government can remove them whenever they want to, for any reason,
and whenever they want to – in the middle of the night or in the middle of the day.
Again, the removal of statues does
not erase history.
The removal of an ice cap not eliminate the mountain. The mountain will still exist and history will still exist.
The removal of an ice cap not eliminate the mountain. The mountain will still exist and history will still exist.
Three years ago this
Spring, I visited the National Museum of African-American History and Culture in WashingtonDC which is a magnificent structure that commemorates the historical experience
of a people who were torn from their homeland, Africa, and brought to this
country by Europeans under the most inhumane conditions imaginable and then
subjected to slavery for over 300 years.
The outstanding achievements of African-Americans, after being subjected to such an experience, is unmatched by any race of people on this Earth.
The outstanding achievements of African-Americans, after being subjected to such an experience, is unmatched by any race of people on this Earth.
For Those Who Want to Preserve History
Now,
here’s an option for anyone, including the white supremacist bunch, who want to
so- called “preserve history”. They should establish a museum of white confederate and
supremacist history and put their statues of Robert E Lee, Robert Byrd, George
Wallace, Margaret Sanger, and others like them in it, and see who would come and visit.
Note, all these people were Democrats. They should raise their money privately,
acquire some land, and just build their museum.
Then
let’s compare the number of annual visitors coming there to those coming to
visit the National Museum of African-American History and Culture.
Short
of doing this, just put the statues in some other museum that is willing to set
aside a section to allow memory of these despicable characters and just mentioned
them in history books.
If
you want to preserve this segment of US history, this is the way to do it.
Any comments? Leave them below.
Any comments? Leave them below.