Read the Beforeitsnews.com story here. Advertise at Before It's News here.
Profile image
By Brock Townsend
Contributor profile | More stories
Story Views
Now:
Last hour:
Last 24 hours:
Total:

The Real Reason for “Civil War” Monuments

% of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents.


 

In 2016, the $outhern Poverty Law Center ($PLC) released the “Whose Heritage?” report on the Confederate symbols in the United States.  This report had one thesis: The Confederate monuments, memorials, and namesakes were erected ruing the “Jim Crow” era to vindicate white supremacy without consideration of other factors.[1]  The report was based on no documented sources, but the charting of monuments and namesakes was used to make a claim the rise of Confederate monuments were attributed to “Jim Crow” racism.  Thus, the fallacy was born, an fallacy that is easily refuted by even a cursory examination of readily available source material.

First, many Northern states had Jim Crow laws with New York considered the Northern capital of Jim Crow.[2]  In fact, one can make a case—and many did—that Northern attitudes in regard to blacks were harsher than Southerners who had nearly a three-hundred-year history of race relations. 

Jim Crow and racism were not isolated to a single region.


Source: https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-real-reason-for-civil-war-monuments.html



Before It’s News® is a community of individuals who report on what’s going on around them, from all around the world.

Anyone can join.
Anyone can contribute.
Anyone can become informed about their world.

"United We Stand" Click Here To Create Your Personal Citizen Journalist Account Today, Be Sure To Invite Your Friends.

Please Help Support BeforeitsNews by trying our Natural Health Products below!


Order by Phone at 888-809-8385 or online at https://mitocopper.com M - F 9am to 5pm EST

Order by Phone at 866-388-7003 or online at https://www.herbanomic.com M - F 9am to 5pm EST

Order by Phone at 866-388-7003 or online at https://www.herbanomics.com M - F 9am to 5pm EST


Humic & Fulvic Trace Minerals Complex - Nature's most important supplement! Vivid Dreams again!

HNEX HydroNano EXtracellular Water - Improve immune system health and reduce inflammation.

Ultimate Clinical Potency Curcumin - Natural pain relief, reduce inflammation and so much more.

MitoCopper - Bioavailable Copper destroys pathogens and gives you more energy. (See Blood Video)

Oxy Powder - Natural Colon Cleanser!  Cleans out toxic buildup with oxygen!

Nascent Iodine - Promotes detoxification, mental focus and thyroid health.

Smart Meter Cover -  Reduces Smart Meter radiation by 96%! (See Video).

Report abuse

    Comments

    Your Comments
    Question   Razz  Sad   Evil  Exclaim  Smile  Redface  Biggrin  Surprised  Eek   Confused   Cool  LOL   Mad   Twisted  Rolleyes   Wink  Idea  Arrow  Neutral  Cry   Mr. Green

    Total 1 comment
    • Rockledge

      I don’t do flags and am indifferent about political idealism and patriotism, but have considered putting a flag pole up and displaying a huge confederate flag on my property ( which is visible from a major freeway) just to make a statement about free speech.

      The fact is we have been lied to about the whole purpose of the civil war, which was not about slavery, it was about states rights to not be ruled by a federal government and about normalizing interstate commerce. It was about states combining into a federal system without giving up individual sovereignty.
      The only reason Lincoln brought slavery into the rhetoric was because it was a convenient issue of states rights to drum up support for the war, much in the same way politicians who could care less about abortion beat the drum about it to inspire emotionalism and get support.
      Lincoln didn’t give a shit about the slaves or people in general. He gave a shit about his political agendas and how to drive them forward.

      Civil war era monuments, statues, and other works of art are about history and about one of Americas strongest and most important cultures, the south. They have little to do with slavery and everything to do with a proud strong people who survived by hard work and determination and who refused to let corporate interests abusing a federal government directly against the will of the people interfere with their lives, which is the crux of what the civil war was about.
      Something that americans, ALL americans no matter what color, could take a lesson from.
      We need to get away from all the hyphenated name horseshit and realize that we are AMERICANS and should be one nation, not a whole lot of nationalities at war with each other within our country, which is no longer a nation.
      Divided we fall.
      Divided is exactly what we are.
      The south was unified, not divided.

      And now, we are america, the dried up has been, and not America , the shining example to the world.
      I am every bit a Yankee, but goddamit, I am sick of everything being twisted and history being rewritten just to pat crybabies on the ass.
      Revisionist history is pointless, because no matter how many lies the history books tell, the future will still hold the curiosity that causes men to seek the truth, much of which they will find.

    MOST RECENT
    Load more ...

    SignUp

    Login

    Newsletter

    Email this story
    Email this story

    If you really want to ban this commenter, please write down the reason:

    If you really want to disable all recommended stories, click on OK button. After that, you will be redirect to your options page.