"Hostility Halts Removal of Confederate Symbols." Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada), 2016. EBSCOhost, Ezproxy.nsula.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgbc&AN=edsgcl.447444347&site=eds-live&scope=site.
On December 17, 2016, the council members of New Orleans voted to remove the Civil War-era monuments from the town. New Orleans faces issues about whether to remove a historical monument that represents slavery and white supremacy. Citizens from the community backlashed against the plan to remove the monuments and began to make death threats, try intimidation, and even torched a contractor’s car. They held a public vote to decide if the removal is a good idea. The outcome of the vote was in favor of the mayors' …show more content…
Other states such as Alabama has confronted the issue of racism and their racist heritage and came up with a solution such as taking down four flags that represent racist past. The mayor of New Orleans wants to remove the statues and consider replacing them with symbols that reflect the culture, unity, hope, and future of the city. The mayor and city councilmen would like to remove the status because they do not want anything to happen in New Orleans like it did in South Carolina. Not only are the flags or status being took down in New Orleans they are also being taken down in other places like Alabama and Mississippi. New Orleans local government have attempted to replace the confederate and slavery symbols such as the federal flag and the monuments to help lower racial …show more content…
It talks about how there is a great amount of anger behind the confederate symbols. Goitia-Nicolas said that “Our lesson in history is that when we tear down the down the monuments of the past we rebuild the errors of our past.” That means that if we tear down the monuments it will probably bring back the old ways of people being openly racist. Although most people never owned slaves, the fact that the statue represents slavery upsets many. The goal of this source is to let you know that many people support the idea to remove the statues and many people are against the idea. The article offers a solution to the problem so that the city would not have to tear down the monuments instead they can just add other people there. In my opinion I think it is a good idea to think about adding someone positive to the monument to balance out the
On December 17, 2016, the council members of New Orleans voted to remove the Civil War-era monuments from the town. New Orleans faces issues about whether to remove a historical monument that represents slavery and white supremacy. Citizens from the community backlashed against the plan to remove the monuments and began to make death threats, try intimidation, and even torched a contractor’s car. They held a public vote to decide if the removal is a good idea. The outcome of the vote was in favor of the mayors' …show more content…
Other states such as Alabama has confronted the issue of racism and their racist heritage and came up with a solution such as taking down four flags that represent racist past. The mayor of New Orleans wants to remove the statues and consider replacing them with symbols that reflect the culture, unity, hope, and future of the city. The mayor and city councilmen would like to remove the status because they do not want anything to happen in New Orleans like it did in South Carolina. Not only are the flags or status being took down in New Orleans they are also being taken down in other places like Alabama and Mississippi. New Orleans local government have attempted to replace the confederate and slavery symbols such as the federal flag and the monuments to help lower racial …show more content…
It talks about how there is a great amount of anger behind the confederate symbols. Goitia-Nicolas said that “Our lesson in history is that when we tear down the down the monuments of the past we rebuild the errors of our past.” That means that if we tear down the monuments it will probably bring back the old ways of people being openly racist. Although most people never owned slaves, the fact that the statue represents slavery upsets many. The goal of this source is to let you know that many people support the idea to remove the statues and many people are against the idea. The article offers a solution to the problem so that the city would not have to tear down the monuments instead they can just add other people there. In my opinion I think it is a good idea to think about adding someone positive to the monument to balance out the