Prole Center
Aug 23, 2017 · 1 min read

Great article! I’m okay with the statues coming down, but I wonder if it could be handled a bit differently. I’m afraid the symbolic victory you mention will be no victory at all, and will exacerbate racial hatred and create more division in society.

We need to convince white southerners (I’m one too) to lead the way in removing the statues and along with that rediscover a southern identity that is separate from the Confederacy and slavery— which only benefitted the ruling class 2% of the population anyway. Most southern whites were dirt poor and were drawn into a terribly destructive war to protect a system that oppressed them as well as the black slaves!

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