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In reply to the discussion: Here are the Confederate Memorials Getting Removed In US Cities [View all]Hekate
(90,773 posts)54. Sure do. But at what point were Germans dragged here in chains and made hereditary slaves?
It is amazing what you know about US history when you were raised to care about the subject, and to care about facts. We are far from perfect, as a nation, but some of us like to believe we ultimately learn from our mistakes.
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Here are the Confederate Memorials Getting Removed In US Cities [View all]
Julian Englis
Aug 2017
OP
Those statues were erected to "show the black man his place," to remind whites of a "glorious" past
Hekate
Aug 2017
#7
Oh but I do care. I think us not staking out a moral position will hurt us more in 2018.
SunSeeker
Aug 2017
#40
COLORADO petition to: Remove Sand Creek Massacres' Architect's Statue from State Capitol
CrispyQ
Aug 2017
#3
Sexist too, from the Daughters of the Confederacy no less, barefoot & nipples. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2017
#23
What better time than when black soldiers returned from fighting WWI in Europe on America's ...
Hekate
Aug 2017
#47
I don't understand why Taney had a statue to begin with, or why he's considered "confederate"
Calista241
Aug 2017
#25
WWI was a hundred years ago. African American soldiers were returning home and needed reminding...
Hekate
Aug 2017
#48