HallowellNash@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoRobert E. Lee statue being melted down; bronze to be re-used for new more inclusive artwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1543arrow-down120 cross-posted to: news@hexbear.net
arrow-up1523arrow-down1external-linkRobert E. Lee statue being melted down; bronze to be re-used for new more inclusive artwww.npr.orgHallowellNash@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square63fedilink cross-posted to: news@hexbear.net
minus-squareEssentialCoffeelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down2·11 months agoWhy? They’re a dime a dozen and were put up in the 1900s largely due to the Daughters of the Confederacy and to reinforce Jim Crow laws. They aren’t really worth preserving. A picture can be taken to explain how awful these things are.
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoBecause erasing that history is to erase evidence of the centuries-long genocide against Black people. Just because a part of history is negative doesn’t mean it should be erased. Quite the opposite, honestly
Why? They’re a dime a dozen and were put up in the 1900s largely due to the Daughters of the Confederacy and to reinforce Jim Crow laws.
They aren’t really worth preserving. A picture can be taken to explain how awful these things are.
Because erasing that history is to erase evidence of the centuries-long genocide against Black people.
Just because a part of history is negative doesn’t mean it should be erased. Quite the opposite, honestly