Why Do The Confederate Monuments Were Dedicated To Confederate Soldiers?
To most people having a giant monument dedicated to someone who believed that they were superior to other human beings sounds wrong. So, if that is the case why do we still have monuments dedicated to Confederate Soldiers? Right now, the biggest argument against the removal of these monuments is that they preserve our history but, it is important to remember that they foster a culture of discrimination and represent white supremacy. Controversy has surrounded this topic since the early 1900s and 1950s, but it has recently started to pick up traction due to a fight in Charlottesville, Virginia. Joe Heim, author of the article, "A stark contrast inside and outside a Charlottesville church during the torch march" describes a fight that broke
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They were still being segregated in the south and were seen as less than human. They were often referred to as "niggers" and were once compared to "a bunch of chimpanzees" by a Mississippi jurist according to the book, "America: Past and Present."(pg.714) This reinforces the idea that the monuments were not originally built to preserve history. According to Eric Levitz in his article, "Confederate Monuments Were Built to Change History, Not Preserve It" monuments were built as a "desire to rewrite the past for present convenience." The Confederate monuments were built by white supremacist during the 1950s as a response to the Civil Rights Movement. They wanted to have a white supremacist future, so they built the monuments as an attempt to brainwash future Americans into idolizing these Confederate Generals and their morals. The monuments are also insulting to African Americans because they are still being segregated against while a giant Confederate statue stands over them.. Furthermore, a better solution would be to take down the monuments and put them in a museum. This would be beneficial as it would "help the community more forward" as stated by Celeste Bott in her article, "City, Missouri Civil War Museum at odds over who owns Confederate
They were still being segregated in the south and were seen as less than human. They were often referred to as "niggers" and were once compared to "a bunch of chimpanzees" by a Mississippi jurist according to the book, "America: Past and Present."(pg.714) This reinforces the idea that the monuments were not originally built to preserve history. According to Eric Levitz in his article, "Confederate Monuments Were Built to Change History, Not Preserve It" monuments were built as a "desire to rewrite the past for present convenience." The Confederate monuments were built by white supremacist during the 1950s as a response to the Civil Rights Movement. They wanted to have a white supremacist future, so they built the monuments as an attempt to brainwash future Americans into idolizing these Confederate Generals and their morals. The monuments are also insulting to African Americans because they are still being segregated against while a giant Confederate statue stands over them.. Furthermore, a better solution would be to take down the monuments and put them in a museum. This would be beneficial as it would "help the community more forward" as stated by Celeste Bott in her article, "City, Missouri Civil War Museum at odds over who owns Confederate