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Why Should We Keep Statues Up. From confederate generals to spanish conquistadors, calls to remove controversial monuments and statues have dominated national headlines in the past month. Confederate monuments must remain at gettysburg to help interpret the civil war’s causes and consequences. Why is the removal of statues such a fraught topic? What i fear is the hatred we see in real time in 2017 on social media and in our. What we choose to memorialize speaks to our values as a society, and often, certain populations are excluded entirely from that. The statues misrepresent history, and glorify people who perpetuated slavery, attempted secession from united states, and lost the civil war. Police stopped these protesters, but statues are coming down around the u.s., yanked down or removed by local governments. When 11 southern states seceded from the union in 1861, they were very clear that the reason was the impending abolition of slavery. The statues are a painful reminder of past and present institutionalized racism in the united states. The statues misrepresent history, and glorify people who perpetuated slavery, attempted secession from united states, and lost the civil war.

Why is the removal of statues such a fraught topic? When 11 southern states seceded from the union in 1861, they were very clear that the reason was the impending abolition of slavery. Confederate monuments must remain at gettysburg to help interpret the civil war’s causes and consequences. The statues misrepresent history, and glorify people who perpetuated slavery, attempted secession from united states, and lost the civil war. The statues are a painful reminder of past and present institutionalized racism in the united states. What we choose to memorialize speaks to our values as a society, and often, certain populations are excluded entirely from that. Police stopped these protesters, but statues are coming down around the u.s., yanked down or removed by local governments. What i fear is the hatred we see in real time in 2017 on social media and in our. The statues misrepresent history, and glorify people who perpetuated slavery, attempted secession from united states, and lost the civil war. From confederate generals to spanish conquistadors, calls to remove controversial monuments and statues have dominated national headlines in the past month.

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Why Should We Keep Statues Up Police stopped these protesters, but statues are coming down around the u.s., yanked down or removed by local governments. What we choose to memorialize speaks to our values as a society, and often, certain populations are excluded entirely from that. Why is the removal of statues such a fraught topic? What i fear is the hatred we see in real time in 2017 on social media and in our. The statues are a painful reminder of past and present institutionalized racism in the united states. When 11 southern states seceded from the union in 1861, they were very clear that the reason was the impending abolition of slavery. The statues misrepresent history, and glorify people who perpetuated slavery, attempted secession from united states, and lost the civil war. Police stopped these protesters, but statues are coming down around the u.s., yanked down or removed by local governments. From confederate generals to spanish conquistadors, calls to remove controversial monuments and statues have dominated national headlines in the past month. Confederate monuments must remain at gettysburg to help interpret the civil war’s causes and consequences. The statues misrepresent history, and glorify people who perpetuated slavery, attempted secession from united states, and lost the civil war.