The misleading and half told truth of America's past history has led Americans to have different perspectives of what Confederate Statues stand for. For example, Foner elaborates on Trump's use of the word our when talking about removing statues will destroy "our" history and heritage. The word "our" in Trump's Statement is supposed …show more content…
From being counted as three-fifths of a person to separate schools, bathrooms and water fountains, to injustice in the judicial system. Cohen states that during slavery it was said that blacks were not equal to the white men and that they were only good as slaves. An example of those in the Confederate era not seeing blacks as equal. While Foner discusses a court case where the judge made a statement that African Americans will always be aliens and not Americans. People want to see the statues of men who saw certain races as inferior to their own race while fighting to keep it that way removed because it is once again a constant reminder of