Even at its original placement there was no real purpose for it except guilt in having so many people die to protect slavery.
The statue has always been controversial and there is absolutely no reason for the STATE UNIVERSITY to return the ugly statue.
Silent Sam carried a gun but no ammunition. Supposedly that is to signify the end of war. But, when considering the Klans directive of Peaceful Genocide, the statue represents what can be called modern day racism.
There is no reason for any confederate memorial anywhere in the USA. The Confederate soldiers are buried in Arlington Cemetery along side Union soldiers. Both are in mass graves because there were so many unidentified soldiers, hence, the “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.”
The many campuses of the University of North Carolina have an obligation to all it’s students to provide a healthy environment to learning, including ending hate and division. Silent Sam is about a continued division in the identity of white students from black students. There is absolutely no reason for symbols of continued racism. That is the identity of such an abomination on an esteemed university campus.
The Civil War is ended and it’s casualties honorably buried; there was never and is never a need for such an expression of guilt. The university administration needs to officially end the return of a 100 year old relic of the Civil War.
