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Trump Admin Removes Slavery Context From Former Confederate Statue Site at Arlington (truthout.org)
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The statue depicted an enslaved Black man dutifully following his enslaver into a Civil War battle, imagery that is often described as the “faithful slave” trope, which historians say has been used to falsely convey that enslaved people were content with their lives before the war. The statue also featured an enslaved Black woman, depicted as a “Mammy,” caring for a white child — a racist caricature that has long been used to whitewash the brutality and exploitation of slavery.

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[–] 30 points 2 months ago

The master white race agenda never left just switched hands. Elon Musk and Trump what a weird coincidence.

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    [–] 17 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    When's the Alamo getting a Santa Anna statue? What about a British soldier statue in Boston? We could celebrate all the losers equally well.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    The Americans lost at the Alamo. It’s why the call is “Remember the Alamo” (and how Santa Anna killed everyone there)

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  • [–] -1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    The Americans lost? Which part of Texas was America in 1836?

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    We lost at the Alamo. We did not lose the war, but we lost at the battle.

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    • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Why do the losers of the war have statues? They lost.

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    • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Is the Fed just going to “white wash” everything?

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    • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    this is why statues glorifying horrors shouldn’t be "recontextualized", or hidden in an archive somewhere, they should be destroyed

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    [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Truly disgusting.

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    He somehow thinks we will ever have monuments to HIM. They won't be the kind he is thinking of however.

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