Why Confederate Monuments Must Fall. Today, the battle for white male supremacy has expanded in scope.
It is nativist, anti-feminist and anti-Semitic. It is also homophobic. As always, it is racist. And it has fully embraced the imagery of Nazism, from Adolf Hitler to swastika flags to the Nazi salute. Confederate “heritage,” as a unifying theme for the white South, also obscures the way that white elites use the white working class to do their bidding by pitting them against those with whom they have more in common economically than those in power. Why Confederate Monuments Must Fall. - The Washington Post. Protesters topple statues of confederate leaders and slave owners. Black actor Alfred Fagon's statue damaged in Bristol. A statue of a Jamaican poet, playwright and actor has been covered with what appears to be a corrosive substance.
The monument to Alfred Fagon in St Pauls, Bristol, was erected in 1987 on the first anniversary of his death. Mr Fagon was the first black person to have a statue erected in their honour in the city. Who was slave trader Edward Colston and why was his statue pulled down? As Confederate statues are torn down, Trump moves to protect them. What Historians And Activists Are Saying About The Movement To Remove Statues. Erasing history?: The debate over Confederate monuments.
Is this the end for public monuments to the Confederacy? Protests in Floyd County to save Confederate statues, flags, monuments. Should the Confederate flag still fly in Mississippi? Ken Burns: Confederate statues celebrate a false narrative. Mississippi Is Changing Its State Flag, Confederate Statues Could Be Next. CONFEDERATE. BLACK LIVES MATTER. Smerconish: Confederate statues should remain in Gettysburg. Here's why.
'Hope flows through her': artist Marc Quinn on replacing Colston with a Black Lives Matter statue. There’s a lookout stationed at the end of Colston Street and a load of people, some dressed in hi-vis vests, are gathering at a nearby restaurant.
Then, in the dawn light, a statue concealed in plastic wrapping can be seen approaching on a hiab truck. It turns the corner and reverses towards the plinth where the statue of Edward Colston once stood. There’s a sense of mischief in the air on this bright clear morning in Bristol – and revolution. The team spring into action and, minutes later, a new statue has been placed on the spot where Colston’s stood and swiftly unwrapped.
Black Lives Matter: Should these statues be removed? Black Lives Matter movement presses the world to confront colonial statues. Statues removed around the world. A look at the history of the statues being attacked by protesters worldwide.