Winehole23
12-04-2018, 12:27 AM
I confess to being of a mixed mind about it. I think removing the tangible legacy of a white man's government from the public square creates the illusion that white supremacy has been removed therefrom. It has not.
OTOH, I think it's legit for people to be pissed off about public monuments that represent the second-class status of African Americans and to ask they be removed.
Confederate monuments provide both teachable moments about our racist past, and nostalgia for white supremacy.
After a yearlong push to remove a controversial "Children of the Confederacy Creed" plaque from inside the Texas Capitol, momentum appears to be picking up steam.
On Monday Gov. Greg Abbott (https://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/) announced a Jan. 11 meeting of the State Preservation Board that oversees the Capitol grounds and the likely next Texas House Speaker said he supports removing the plaque, The Dallas Morning News first reported (https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2018/12/03/gov-greg-abbott-calls-meeting-board-power-toremove-confederate-plaque-texas-capitol). The plaque, which was erected in 1959, asserts that the Civil War was “not a rebellion, nor was its underlying cause to sustain slavery."
Republican state Rep. Dennis Bonnen (https://www.texastribune.org/directory/dennis-bonnen/), who is expected to lead the lower chamber next year, applauded Abbott's efforts and voiced his support for removing the plaque.
"I commend the Governor for calling this meeting to begin the process of removing the confederate plaque from the halls of the State Capitol," the Angleton lawmaker said in a statement to The Texas Tribune. "It is historically inaccurate, and I stand by those who have called for its removal."
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/12/03/dennis-bonnen-Texas-house-speaker-removal-confederate-plaque-capitol/
OTOH, I think it's legit for people to be pissed off about public monuments that represent the second-class status of African Americans and to ask they be removed.
Confederate monuments provide both teachable moments about our racist past, and nostalgia for white supremacy.
After a yearlong push to remove a controversial "Children of the Confederacy Creed" plaque from inside the Texas Capitol, momentum appears to be picking up steam.
On Monday Gov. Greg Abbott (https://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/) announced a Jan. 11 meeting of the State Preservation Board that oversees the Capitol grounds and the likely next Texas House Speaker said he supports removing the plaque, The Dallas Morning News first reported (https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2018/12/03/gov-greg-abbott-calls-meeting-board-power-toremove-confederate-plaque-texas-capitol). The plaque, which was erected in 1959, asserts that the Civil War was “not a rebellion, nor was its underlying cause to sustain slavery."
Republican state Rep. Dennis Bonnen (https://www.texastribune.org/directory/dennis-bonnen/), who is expected to lead the lower chamber next year, applauded Abbott's efforts and voiced his support for removing the plaque.
"I commend the Governor for calling this meeting to begin the process of removing the confederate plaque from the halls of the State Capitol," the Angleton lawmaker said in a statement to The Texas Tribune. "It is historically inaccurate, and I stand by those who have called for its removal."
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/12/03/dennis-bonnen-Texas-house-speaker-removal-confederate-plaque-capitol/