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-square65fedilinkarrow-up1547arrow-down119
arrow-up1528arrow-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-square65fedilink
minus-squareEssentialCoffee@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-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.
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.