Confederate Monuments And Confederate Monuments

Mitch Landrieu wrote an article called “PRO/CON: Should cities be allowed to take down Confederate Monuments?” proclaiming how having confederate monuments can be both negative and positive depending on the point of view you withhold. Although confederate monuments bring moral bad values to the present, the big influence it has towards education heavily outweighs the denial to destroy history. According to Landrieu it “teach important lessons.” This is significant because every day millons of young

thought about Confederate flags or monuments in their daily lives. On that day in Charlottesville, Va. was “… one of the bloodiest fights to date over the removal of Confederate monuments across the South.” (Stolberg) This tragic event brought light to a movement that was able to fly under the national radar until that fateful day in August, the removal of the Confederate flag and monuments. This paper will demonstrate the need to move the Confederate flag and Confederate monuments to museums where

Confederate Monuments continue to be a hot topic of debate of whether they should be removed or remain in public places. Throughout history the idea of removing the Confederate Monuments is the popular choice among decision makers, citing that the monuments have a sense of evilness consequently flaring up racial emotions. Strong points are continuously being made for the removal of Confederate Monuments, however the Confederate monuments should remain in public places because they honor timeless

over the monuments and symbols commemorating this war. Confederate symbols, monuments of its leaders, and the notorious “battle flag” are subjects of political argument, with those standing in opposition condemning them for perpetuation of white supremacy and racial discrimination, yet many proud southerners continue to glorify these symbols as representations of “Southern Pride” and historical legacy. As defined in “US Confederate monuments: What is the debate about?” confederate monuments are defined

Frank Wedekind, a German playwright, once said, “Monuments are for the living, not the dead.” When a monument is built you are not honoring the person who died, but instead, are telling their story and how they lived their life. There are about 700 confederate monuments in America, each monument tells a story. Confederate statues began being built around 1900 to disenfranchise African-Americans and formally segregate society. The Confederate statues symbolize the civil war, which was based on

Is it appropriate for states to display monuments to the confederacy? In today’s society, some think that the monuments of the Confederates’ finest and the flags they stood for should be removed from public areas. In Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12, 2017, violence erupted between white supremacists and counter-protesters who were opposing them (Confederate Monuments 1).These people believe that they are only symbols of hate and racism. The situation is still currently being debated but many

Keep the Monuments! Confederate Monuments continue to be a hot topic of debate of whether they should be removed or remain in public places. Throughout history the idea of removing the Confederate Monuments is the popular choice among decision makers, citing that the monuments have a sense of evilness consequently flaring up racial emotions. Strong points are continuously being made for the removal of Confederate Monuments, however the Confederate monuments should remain in public places because

The debate over whether to tear down the Confederate monuments or to let them stand has turned many peaceful protests into violent clashes, Jessica Suerth, a writer for CNN, reported that this debate started back when Dylann Roof intended to start a race war by killing nine African Americans at a church in Charleston, South Carolina. After that, in a recent white nationalist march in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a counter protester was killed amidst the clash between the two sides the two sides

09 November 2017 Confederate Monuments Introduction With many confederate monuments coming down across the country a debate has come up. Should the monuments be removed, or should they stay? Are they racist, or do they show America's heritage? These are questions that are being asked across the country and according to a study by Massincpolling (2017), 28 percent of Virginians support removing the monuments but 51 percent want to keep them, a quarter of them thought the monuments were racist and

debate of Confederate monuments; such as the rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where protesters and counter-protesters caused a riot, and a big part of their fight pertained to if specific Confederate monuments should be removed or be able to stay. Some argue that Confederate monuments should be removed due to the very apparent connections to slavery and racism and also that times are rapidly changing. However, I argue that Confederate monuments should be preserved, but the monuments should also