A descendant of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general, makes an impassioned call to remove Confederate statues.
WASHINGTON — The three words have become a common refrain throughout the summer, chanted by protesters filling city streets, uttered by politicians of both major parties, written on placards foisted by children marching against racism. And yet those words were especially remarkable when uttered, in congressional testimony on Tuesday, by a descendant of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general.
that skewed history in a way that was highly favorable to the Confederacy. The statues also served to remind African-Americans across the South of their second-class status. to hold a seat in Congress.."If we are honest, the answer is clear,” he told legislators. “We cannot remain complicit with these monuments. We cannot remain silent any more. If we do, our silence becomes agreement and endorsement to complicity.
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