Why Is It Important To Build Statues
No matter where you are from, it is important to remember that place’s history. However, the question is should you build statues to honor the parts of your history that you aren't proud of?
There are statues all over the southern parts of North America of Confederate generals, and some people consider these statues to be very offensive. On one side of the conflict, people argue that the statues are offensive and were put up to remind minorities (specifically African Americans) what could happen to them, or to threaten them. Adam Serwer said this about General Robert E. Lee, “To describe this man as an American hero requires ignoring the immense suffering for which he was personally responsible, both on and off the battlefield.”
Others with a different perspective believe that the statues are not there to celebrate or honor these people who fought for a horrible cause, just to remember that this was an important part of our history. Gracy Olmstead says, “We should also consider which parts of our history we are most proud of, and most eager to uphold. Conservatives believe in preserving and carrying on the best of the past — not its worst.”
People's urge to remove these statues is similar to something that happened in the past during a …show more content…
I think that in our case we are not trying to forget our history, just remove these monuments that were built to remind people of things that Americans did that we should not be proud of. The removing of these confederate statues relates to revolution because we are standing up and fighting against things that have been there that we now know are offensive and hurtful, and that we want taken down. We are revolting against the idea behind the construction of these monuments to hopefully gain more peace and equality in
There are statues all over the southern parts of North America of Confederate generals, and some people consider these statues to be very offensive. On one side of the conflict, people argue that the statues are offensive and were put up to remind minorities (specifically African Americans) what could happen to them, or to threaten them. Adam Serwer said this about General Robert E. Lee, “To describe this man as an American hero requires ignoring the immense suffering for which he was personally responsible, both on and off the battlefield.”
Others with a different perspective believe that the statues are not there to celebrate or honor these people who fought for a horrible cause, just to remember that this was an important part of our history. Gracy Olmstead says, “We should also consider which parts of our history we are most proud of, and most eager to uphold. Conservatives believe in preserving and carrying on the best of the past — not its worst.”
People's urge to remove these statues is similar to something that happened in the past during a …show more content…
I think that in our case we are not trying to forget our history, just remove these monuments that were built to remind people of things that Americans did that we should not be proud of. The removing of these confederate statues relates to revolution because we are standing up and fighting against things that have been there that we now know are offensive and hurtful, and that we want taken down. We are revolting against the idea behind the construction of these monuments to hopefully gain more peace and equality in