Beyonce has an uncle named Larry Beyince. Bruh....

MLK would be so proud of all the divisive comments regarding the statues. Problem: the statue removal doesn't erase history.

You know damn well you could care less about what MLK thinks...smh

I actually do care, which is why some things should be left alone to remind us of where we were and how far we've come.

Dude. If you knew anything about MLK you'd know that you sound exactly like the useless white moderates who he grew tired of. To a tee.

Please explain, I'll wait!

Reading as we speak. #openmind

It is more nuanced than that. One can support keeping the statues for accuracy...as a historical reminder of a shameful part of our history.

When are we gonna put up some Hitler statues, ya know, to remind us of those dark times in History?

Please don’t misunderstand. I don’t support the memorials. speaking to historical accuracy, even when bad.

That's what museums are for, not public places of honor

Indeed. I agree with you.

The problem w statues to remind us of our mistakes is that the dumbasses forget they are a monument to our shame and not to be worshipped

Bullseye. How best to recognize our history and what happened without glorifying it?

1. Most soldiers who fought for the #Confederacy were poor (and poorly educated). Like today, the lower classes fought elite battles.

2. Black ppl weren't treated equal in North either. Narrative became North = good, South = bad. That's an oversimplification of history

racist nature. Even if the North were no less racist believing they were 2 sides of the same coin over ideological reasons is disingenuous..

I feel you. But it was the North who refused to recognize blacks as people, resulting in the appalling 3/5 compromise. The South obv wanted

And the south just wanted to own them, treat them terribly, and work them like mules.

Yes, rich southern whites wanted that. But the poor, which made up majority of fighting force, didn't own or profit from slaves