Debate On Removing Statues

If you don t like statues don t look at them because most people want our history to be remembered however dark it was and these people built britain so you and me can now debate about this 3.

Debate on removing statues. 16 1865 152 years before the most recent debate over memorializing confederate statues writers for the times published this article advocating the preservation of the memorials of. Names are being scrubbed from institutions. Push to remove confederate monuments opens debate on other honored historical figures statues have been taken down. These are the history wars we are having statues have become lightning rods for a struggle we are going to have to have about our history david olusoga historian and one of the presenters of the bbc s civilisations series.

David greene talks to manisha sinha professor of american history at the university of connecticut about the recent toppling of non confederate statues like those of george washington. The debate over controversial statues and monuments controversial statues are being removed amid worldwide civil rights protests but there is some disagreement about what to do with them. The onion looks at the pros and cons of removing historical statues. The debate over the uk s historic monuments and statues has played out in online petitions with tens of thousands calling to remove or keep them.

The national reckoning over race has. Statues and memorials to famous figures of the past adorn our towns and cities. There s long been a national debate over removing confederate flags statues and other symbols as the country continues to grapple with the legacy of the civil war and those southern figures who.