One thing we have a hard time admitting as Americans, it seems, is that history does exist. There are artifacts that point us in a particular direction. There are orators who share with us stories from a time long ago. There are history books that give us glimpses into a time and space we weren’t …
One thing we have a hard time admitting as Americans, it seems, is that history does exist. There are artifacts that point us in a particular direction. There are orators who share with us stories from a time long ago. There are history books that give us glimpses into a time and space we weren’t physically there to see.
To keep the Confederate statues up means that we continue to support a time when African Americans were slaves. Taking them down means the mission behind the Black Lives Movement is slowly being heard. Taking the statues down means that, as a nation, we are one step closer to healing and truly supporting the Black Lives Matter movement.No, history will not be erased simply by toppling over a statue or setting it on fire.
The removal of these statues gives us a starting point to open discussions about where we go from here. Do we truly value our fellow Americans over stone statues? Will we look into the faces of our neighbor and think about how Christopher Columbus “discovered” America? Are weconnected to inanimate objects that we devalue the existence of our family who live in the South ? Can we let the shame our past as a country dictate where we go as a unified country today? No, we cannot.
We are living through a time of resistance to righting the wrongs of our past and paving the way towards a new normal. When the removal of statues is done overnight, like in, there is a kind of shame associated with its removal. This is a time when thousands of voices across the world are rising up to speak out against injustice with a call for change. This is part of the change we’ve asked for.
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