for every statue that is removed it gets closer and closer to being able to say slavery did not happen. when all cultural artifacts surrounding that time do not exist how can anyone claim it happened?
Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute.
History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.
—From George Orwell’s 1984
—From George Orwell’s 1984
George was right, just a few years early.
How do you just rename a statue?
How do you just rename a statue?
I think the article headline is misleading. Statues, highways, monuments, etc. were all renamed. It's easy to rename a bridge. Just take a look at NYC.
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