Yes, 11/11 is an important thing here, too. These things are different.
These Confederate statues are all about imposing and reinforcing white supremacy.
D.W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" (which Woodrow Wilson screened at the White House and (IIRC) thought was a documentary) came out in 1915.
(via Kevin Drum)
Cheers,
Scott.
These Confederate statues are all about imposing and reinforcing white supremacy.
D.W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" (which Woodrow Wilson screened at the White House and (IIRC) thought was a documentary) came out in 1915.
(via Kevin Drum)
Cheers,
Scott.