A former slave market will be removed from the center of Georgia's first capital

[no_hypocrisy]

This should become a National Historical Landmark instead of it being torn down. No wonder So many Americans are completely ignorant of our Pro-Slavery Past. This is a National Shame!!! Why are Georgian’s and other people not raising Hell about this??? I’m sickened and discouraged at our political leadership and their systemic racism down to State and local levels. Ignorance is NOT bliss!


https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/us/old-market-house-to-be-removed-trnd/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0Fr-hSLwLEUgJ_GfB_5szEFDXiHr6HT2cSe37XDiOa5W1oo-C9ekYlnuU

[Laelth]

1. Jefferson County is solidly Democratic.

They’re being careful, and they’re trying to do the right thing.

-Laelth

[gay texan]

2. Dynamite would be a better end for it. N/t

[Laelth]

4. It's already designated as a historic landmark.

It can’t be dynamited. Right now, the local government is trying to find out whether it can even be moved.

-Laelth

[wcast]

3. This is real history and should not be swept under the rug.

People hate to be reminded of their past transgressions but without remembering we will forget. That is why some former concentration camps are open for tours and why we have a Holocaust museum. People love to visit former plantations but most don’t want to hear about slavery or recognize the forgotten burial grounds. Many Americans pretend slavery has little to do with today and our nation’s continuing racial problems but they would be wrong.

[struggle4progress]

5. 59 Confederate symbols gone since Floyd's death

August 12, 20204:49 PM ET
CAMILA DOMONOSKE

... Since Floyd died, 59 Confederate symbols have been removed or replaced, according to an updated report from the Southern Poverty Law Center. That's a significant increase over past years: Just 16 Confederate symbols were removed or renamed in all of 2019, according to SPLC data. Hundreds more monuments remain standing, the group says.

Some statues have been literally brought down by protesters, while other symbols were removed by local governments or institutions in response to the outcry ...

The state of Mississippi also retired its flag, which featured the Confederate battle flag, and a town in South Dakota has removed the Confederate battle flag from its police badge ...

"Nearly 1,800 Confederate symbols remain on public land," The Southern Poverty Law Center writes in the updated report. "725 of those symbols are monuments" ...

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/12/901771780/report-59-confederate-symbols-removed-since-george-floyds-death