Should Cities Be Allowed To Take Down Confederate Monuments

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Should cities be allowed to take down Confederate monuments? Type your argument below. Cities should be allowed to take down Confederate monuments. Leaving up Confederate monuments can upset citizens who have to see them. In the article “PRO/CON: Should cities be allowed to take down Confederate monuments?” it states that “However, that doesn’t mean we must exalt the ugliest chapters, as we do when we raise the Confederacy up on a pedestal- literally- in our most prominent public places.” The Confederate statues are a constant reminder of all that has happened to citizens who have to see the statues. A second reason why cities should be allowed to take down Confederate monuments is that the removal of statues will no longer represent poor

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