Like Jim Crow laws and regulations, it's purpose was to let blacks know that the Civil War did not really change their place in society.
Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue will come down.
And it's heritage, my foot! It's revisionist history. The people being memorialized brought shame and dishonor to the principles the nation is based on. They memorialize traitors, slaveholders, and those who killed to preserve slavery. In public spaces, these statues should all come down.
Let the nation move on past this dark chapter!
Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue will come down.
And it's heritage, my foot! It's revisionist history. The people being memorialized brought shame and dishonor to the principles the nation is based on. They memorialize traitors, slaveholders, and those who killed to preserve slavery. In public spaces, these statues should all come down.
Let the nation move on past this dark chapter!