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Read the last sentence on the sign. Is your own county/city/school/building named after a white supremacist? 🤔 
This monument stands at least 30 feet tall, dominating the landscape, and is an homage (complete with poetry) to Confederate soldiers.
Note that this monument came about through the efforts of the United Daughters of the Confederacy which speaks to the role white women play in protecting a white supremacist patriarchal culture.
cf. "Dixie's Daughters" by Karen L. Cox (@SassyProf) upf.com/book.asp?id=97…
cf. "Dixie's Daughters" by Karen L. Cox (@SassyProf) upf.com/book.asp?id=97…
Rep. Foster,
According to your website you are a member of Hernando Baotist Church which is part of the Southern Baptist Convention. So will you honor any of the SBC's several resolutions on race relations? For starters...
According to your website you are a member of Hernando Baotist Church which is part of the Southern Baptist Convention. So will you honor any of the SBC's several resolutions on race relations? For starters...
In 1995, on the 150th anniversary of its founding, the SBC acknowledged its role in promoting and defending slavery. They further committed to eradicating racism in all its forms. That would include monuments in celebration of people who defended slavery.
sbc.net/resolutions/89…
sbc.net/resolutions/89…
Then in 2007, the 150th anniversary of the deplorable Dredd Scott ruling, the SBC repudiated that Supreme Court judgment and re-committed itself to building bridges across the racial divide. That's a chasm widened by the veneration of the Confederacy.
sbc.net/resolutions/11…
sbc.net/resolutions/11…
