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There’s a statue of a confederate soldier right in front of the Arkansas Capitol in Little Rock. If you think it’s still standing because of the efforts of only
by romed 8y ago
There’s a statue of a confederate soldier right in front of the Arkansas Capitol in Little Rock. If you think it’s still standing because of the efforts of only .5% of the citizens of that state, that suggests that those few citizens wield disproportionate power, although the more likely explanation is that your estimate is very low. In fact the state of Arkansas has a systemic racism problem that begins at the Capitol and extends to every Robert E. Lee school building around the state. If you can’t see the racism right in front of you, literally cast in concrete and carved in marble, then I just can’t help you.
- rayiner 8y agoThere is a major highway named after Robert E. Lee running through Hilary voting Northern VA. Shit is more complicated than you think.
- romed 8y agoNorthern Virginia was obviously the center of the rebellion. There are hundreds of confederate monuments all over that state. I don’t let them off the hook either.
- tptacek 8y agoThere is a street in Chicago named for Italo Balbo. Sometimes things are complicated, but sometimes it's just inertia, and when Chicago eventually removes the name of a (literal) Fascist leader from it's street, we'll all wonder, what the fuck was wrong with us for so many decades that we let that go?
- NotSammyHagar 8y agoI'm from arkansas and I saw common attitudes that blacks were a "problem" ie racism when I was a kid. I left in my early 20s. There was just an article in the nytimes about how horrible the LRPD is and how they have acted towards black people. Not everyone is that way, but plenty of people are.
- JPKab 8y agoThe location in Crystal City where they are putting the HQ is adjacent to Jefferson Davis highway. I guess Crystal City is also filled with white nationalists.... I'm sure you derive immense satisfaction from your moral superiority, but your view of history lacks nuance and is self righteous beyond belief. You work at Google, right? If so, you are complicit in a monopoly helping the authoritarian Chinese government spy on it's citizens. In typical Google fashion, they protest an executive harassment scandal while ignoring the aid of a human rights violating government. Cuz that would cost money. Quit your job and then feel free to preach morality.