The Associated Press
The law center, which keeps a raw count of nearly 2,100 statues, symbols, placards, buildings and public parks dedicated to the Confederacy, plans to release the latest figures from its “Whose Heritage?” database on Tuesday. It has been tracking a movement to take down the monuments since 2015, when a white supremacist entered a South Carolina church and killed several Black parishioners.
Each state legislature can choose up to two representatives to honor in the Capitol’s collection. In December, a state commission recommended replacing Lee’s statue with a statue of Johns. Supporters told the AP that Virginia's legislature has nearly finalized her elevation alongside George Washington.
Long seen as offensive to Black Americans, Lee’s Capitol statue wasn’t the only one representing a figure from the Lost Cause, a term referring to a belief that fighting on the side of slaveholders in the Civil War was just and heroic. Jefferson Davis, who served as president of the Confederate States of America before becoming a U.S. senator from Mississippi, is one of two figures representing that state in the Capitol.
“Exposing children to anything that falsely promotes the idea of white superiority and Black inferiority is dehumanizing,” Brooks of the SPLC said in her statement.
How one Canadian city took down a monument to an iconic leader in a way that brought its residents closer together.
TEAR THEM ALL DOWN.
Leave them up
QANON says, 'The DEGENERATES call U.S. WHITE SUPREMACISTS and DEPLORABLES, and we IDENTIFY them as ENTITLEMENT LIFESTYLERS, BASEMENT DWELLERS and ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLERS, sadly, they are all MEMBERS of the DEMOCULT that turn a BLIND EYE to the TRUTH!'
What's next At least 12 US Presidents owned slaves. Do we blow the faces of Washington & Jefferson off Mt Rushmore? Do we rewrite our history books & remove all traces of them from Washington DC? Do we remove Washington from the $1 bill? Good grief people STOP IT!
Taking down statues isn’t enough. Erect a proper statue in their place. What of the man who gave his life to end slavery? What’s his name again? Oh yeah, no one knows. He believed all men were created equal. John Brown- hung for treason. Who wants the division?
It’s history! Stop wiping out history to please black people. There’s no reason for this! Why are they so freaking stuck on 400 years ago. My god! I guess it’s easier to constantly play victim than to actually have to work and support yourself. Pitiful life choice!
This country was invaded by racists in the 17th century, they made racism national policy, it has remained a racist country ever since, that will not change. humansareracist racismindna
The whole “Southern Pride” thing is a sad joke.
Statues of losers is how I refer to them. Make a museum of losers to put this garbage in instead of it being an eyesore out in public.
But Trumpsterfire told the south that they won the civil war......
They should stand. It’s a history. History is tough at times, but it’s a history
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