History didn’t make up a story of slavery and the civil war. Juneteenth celebrated the end of slavery. The war is over and defending statues of human rights abusers and those that fought to continue slavery is racism. Robert E. Lee was a slaver, sent thousands of men to their deaths to maintain the slave trade. Robert E. Lee was a racist. His statue comes down.
Trump’s executive order to stop the removal of racist statues must be met with an injunction due to racism because of what they mean to the African American community and the danger they present because of White Supremacists; ie: Charlottesville. Additionally, that executive order does not have power over private property or states rights. This definitely brands Trump as a racist that admires men who want to kill Black people like the three in Wilmington.
