Baltimore removes 4 statues over night

[Benton]

(08-16-2017, 03:13 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Personnally, I think it should be up to the citizens of that particular town/county/state to decide if certain memorials should be erected or taken down.

Agreed, although you're still going to run into an issue where a large chunk of the population doesn't go along with the majority.

A lot of my wife's family lives in Jackson, Mississippi. The city is around 75% black. You wouldn't know it by the number of rebel flags and confederate friendly things there. There's still a noticeable rift there, which I guess is true in most places. It's just kind of accepted racism there though. Lawmakers are pretty quick to enact laws to keep any rumblings of black voters low.