Confederate Statues Were Built To Further A 'White Supremacist Future'

[LetMyPeopleVote]

These statutes were erected to further a White Supremacist future

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As President Trump doubled down on his defense of Confederate statues and monuments this week, he overlooked an important fact noted by historians: The majority of the memorials seem to have been built with the intention not to honor fallen soldiers, but specifically to further ideals of white supremacy.

More than 30 cities either have removed or are removing Confederate monuments, according to a list compiled by The New York Times, and the president said Thursday that in the process, the history and culture of the country was being "ripped apart."

Groups like the Sons of Confederate Veterans defend the monuments, arguing they are an important part of history. One of the leaders of that group, Carl V. Jones, wrote a letter on Aug. 14 condemning the violence and "bigotry" displayed in Charlottesville, but he also denounced "the hatred being leveled against our glorious ancestors by radical leftists who seek to erase our history."......

The most recent comprehensive study of Confederate statues and monuments across the country was published by the Southern Poverty Law Center last year. A look at this chart shows huge spikes in construction twice during the 20th century: in the early 1900s, and then again in the 1950s and 60s. Both were times of extreme civil rights tension.

[Poiuyt]

1. I only recently learned of the "Lost Cause" and the revisionist history that

was brought about.

[The Magistrate]

2. It Always Strikes Me Odd, Sir

How these people call the learning of history in full 'erasing' it. I think it could be said without fear of contradiction no one who wants monuments to southern treason removed has the slightest interest in expunging the history of the Civil War and the Confederacy from the nation's consciousness. They do wish to expose and repudiate the propagandas of slave-owners and traitors, but that is not erasing history.

[Nay]

6. Hear, hear. nt

[KS Toronado]

3. The Sons of Confederate Veterans should be embarrassed by their ancestors

who attacked and attempted to overthrow The United States Government, with great loss of life on both sides.
They're really just promoting white supremacy. I doubt the majority of these confederate flag wavers even
know their great great granddaddy's name, where he's buried and what he was even doing during the civil war
years. Some may have even been involved in the underground railroad. And all these northern confederate flag
waver's ancestors probably wore the Blue. Next one I run into, I'm gonna ask all about his great great granddaddy
he's honoring.

[electric_blue68]

4. I guess I learned this around ?20 yrs ago and was surprised...

that many were put up later to continue another form of intimidating Black citizens in each of those States. 😬

[dalton99a]

5. Kick