Chapman opens the article with an analogy to start off the conversation about the recent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia. Soon after, he goes on to connect the said recent events with other events in American history, namely anything having to do with the British King and the British Parliament during the 1800’s. Chapman also states the ideals of Thomas Jefferson and his provision to abolish slavery. Further on he goes to describe how people in these modern times are still somehow stuck with the ideals of the past, and that is how the riots came to be. The fact that racism is still very much alive in this day along with many other unfortunate events shows that perhaps the world may never come to peace. As it were, there were also counter
