whether we want to acknowledge this piece of our history,we should be ready to confront the cruelty of the civil war and all that happened before it
Earlier this year Governor Phil Bryant of Mississippi proclaimed April 2016 to be Confederate Heritage Month. Mississippi joins Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida,Georgia, Texas and Mississippi as states that celebrate Confederate Heritage Month, and alternately known as Confederate History Month. In the document Bryant points to the need to “reflect on our nation’s past,to gain insight from our mistakes and successes” as justification for his declaration.whether acknowledging Confederate Heritage Month means holding educated discussions of our ancestry and military history and reflecting on the immoral, inhumane chattel slavery that the Confederacy defended then I could see the purpose of the acknowledgement. We would benefit from looking at how the legacy of slavery and deep-seated racism that afflicted our society still permeates the way we see ourselves – as Southerners, and as Americans. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com