I am more than half white, and none of it was consensual. White Southern men — my ancestors — took what they wanted from women they did not love, over whom they had extraordinary power, and then failed to claim their children.
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Confederate monuments are being removed—both officially and unofficially—across the U.S.
These bases are named after Confederate generals not because they personified either victory or freedom. They were named to reflect the politics of the viciously white racist South decades after the Civil War had ended.
All of those funded by the N.C. Heritage PAC are known for being staunchly conservative. And some have openly aligned themselves with SCV's goals.
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In this episode of Can You Skate It, Taji Ameen and his friends travel to Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederate States of America, to shred the statues on their skateboards. Because nothing says “Fuck your racist history” like skating all over it.
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Mitch Landrieu writes about how a conversation with jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis helped him confront his city's racist history and what he did about that history.
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