Lee Duna to News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoVirginia Confederate memorial to be removed despite Republicans’ objectionwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down17
arrow-up1155arrow-down1external-linkVirginia Confederate memorial to be removed despite Republicans’ objectionwww.theguardian.comLee Duna to News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-square@CluelessLemmynglink1•6 months agoNah. There’s literal slaves on the monument. One clinging to the baby of an officer saying goodbye. Another diligently following an officer to war. It’s conveying the Lost Cause Myth that slavery was a good thing.
Nah. There’s literal slaves on the monument. One clinging to the baby of an officer saying goodbye. Another diligently following an officer to war.
It’s conveying the Lost Cause Myth that slavery was a good thing.