Question, after we take down all the “bad” statues of those from the Civil War, now what? Taking down these memories of the past, will or will not directly or in directly solve the problem of racism. What’s next, close colleges who refused Blacks to attend? Or whites protesting that we have too many HBCU schools? Or do they protest having anything that is anti-Black?
Or burn up all those churches to shut the Christians from talking about Jesus Christ but mind tripping on the so-called evolution, will it be wrong to do?
I don’t agree with same-sex marriage, but I am not going to gather with some others who are not for same-sex marriage or rights against LBTQ and go march up and down burn down their homes or places of business.
I understand it’s a reminder of those times when our great, great, great grandparents were slaves and the problem of getting freedom during that time. Those statues are left there to remind us of how we have come a long way in our history here in America. Slavery and a Civil War was wrong but remember, we had Blacks fighting alongside the North to fight for their freedom; what they did was a down payment to those who will become along in the future, the next generation want to know how life was down South.
Just remember, those statues may be shadows of the past, but it is a pathway to how we learn about our past and pass this on to the future for our children and their children’s children.
Be mindful, what you may take down from history will come back to bite you in the butt in the future.
Kenneth R. Jenkins is a freelance writer, poet, podcast host/producer, minister, husband living in Savannah, GA.