Column: Statues designed to reinforce white supremacy should be taken down. Other monuments, erected to memorialize history, as at Gettysburg, deserve to stay, writes DoyleMcManus.
Hospitals in Texas and Arizona are straining, and caseloads are soaring nationwide, but Trump continues to downplay the coronavirus and advocate reopening.Almost 200 miles to the south, in Richmond, Va., Civil War statues were erected to convey a very different message.
Now the Richmond statues are coming down. Protesters toppled Davis on June 10, the city removed Jackson, and the governor is battling in court to remove Lee.Their removal is long overdue. By contrast, Lee’s statue in Gettysburg should remain standing because its meaning is so different. The good news about this summer’s protests is that they’ve forced us to confront our history more squarely — not merely the mythologized version most of us received.
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To judge monuments, think about their meaningStatues designed to reinforce white supremacy should be taken down. Other monuments, erected to memorialize history, as at Gettysburg, deserve to stay.
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