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It has been.interesting to learn more about these people, and I do feel an inligation to act once that info is known.
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>"'The worshipping of whiteness': why racist symbols persist in America | Race | The Guardian"
>"'The worshipping of whiteness': why racist symbols persist in America | Race | The Guardian"
I used to live just a stone's throw from the giant Lee monument in Richmond, VA. It sits in the middle of a large traffic circle as you head toward downtown, on a large avenue with very regal Victorian homes. I honestly never gave much thought to it when I lived there. It never occurred to me how beyond obvious it is that these things are clearly a celebration of the South and ultimately the supremacy of whiteness. That's how much -- as a white person -- I took for granted. It was wild to see it covered in graffiti in news photographs just a couple weeks ago. Now I live just a mile from *another* Lee monument in Charlottesville. The one that was at the center of the alt right/nazi rally here three years ago that was full of violence and even one death. So needless to say, I no longer am oblivious to the symbolism of these relics. And the fact I've spent a good deal of my life living in such close proximity to these things shows how ubiquitous they are
I used to live just a stone's throw from the giant Lee monument in Richmond, VA. It sits in the middle of a large traffic circle as you head toward downtown, on a large avenue with very regal Victorian homes. I honestly never gave much thought to it when I lived there. It never occurred to me how beyond obvious it is that these things are clearly a celebration of the South and ultimately the supremacy of whiteness. That's how much -- as a white person -- I took for granted. It was wild to see it covered in graffiti in news photographs just a couple weeks ago. Now I live just a mile from *another* Lee monument in Charlottesville. The one that was at the center of the alt right/nazi rally here three years ago that was full of violence and even one death. So needless to say, I no longer am oblivious to the symbolism of these relics. And the fact I've spent a good deal of my life living in such close proximity to these things shows how ubiquitous they are
There are so many racial symbols scattered around in America. It always reminds the minority groups and people of color an ugly past of torture, disenfranchisement, and ostracism. It's good that a new narrative has been set in motion. I hope there will be political will to eradicate all forms of racism from God's own country.
There are so many racial symbols scattered around in America. It always reminds the minority groups and people of color an ugly past of torture, disenfranchisement, and ostracism. It's good that a new narrative has been set in motion. I hope there will be political will to eradicate all forms of racism from God's own country.
Seeing on today's news the Stonewall Jackson monument from the same avenue was removed just today. It will be interesting to see what they are replaced with (something will need to or there will be gaping holes left in the middle of large intersections). Cheers to a new era
Seeing on today's news the Stonewall Jackson monument from the same avenue was removed just today. It will be interesting to see what they are replaced with (something will need to or there will be gaping holes left in the middle of large intersections). Cheers to a new era
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Because to at least some degree both Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben perpetuate the stereotype of black servants being subservient to white people. During slavery, wealthy white people had black slaves that did the cooking. After slavery, whites continued to have black servants as cooks in their homes. The formal end of slavery didn't suddenly end the subservient roles of black people in America. Not by a long shot
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Because to at least some degree both Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben perpetuate the stereotype of black servants being subservient to white people. During slavery, wealthy white people had black slaves that did the cooking. After slavery, whites continued to have black servants as cooks in their homes. The formal end of slavery didn't suddenly end the subservient roles of black people in America. Not by a long shot
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Oh, come on, country where man of any race can go up to President and pretend to any work they want - say "slavery is not ended and some people suffer from unequal rights"? Say it to Barack Obama, Marvin Ellison (ceo of Lowes), Kenneth Frazier (ceo of Merck) and others.
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Oh, come on, country where man of any race can go up to President and pretend to any work they want - say "slavery is not ended and some people suffer from unequal rights"? Say it to Barack Obama, Marvin Ellison (ceo of Lowes), Kenneth Frazier (ceo of Merck) and others.
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