Mayor Mitch Landrieu and the city government of New Orleans have decided to remove a number of statues of heroes of the Confederacy and white supremacists who opposed racial integration.
Many white southerners are outraged, seeing this as an attempt to erase history. I agree with them.
What I think we should do is change the plaques beneath the statutes. For example, for Jeff Davis, we could put up a plaque that says: “Jefferson Davis, President, who led a treasonous war against the United States of America in order to preserve slavery.”
For the white supremacists, the plaque could read: “(insert name) fought to preserve racial segregation. This stature serves as a reminder of the worst aspects of American history and a hope that bigots such as this will never again succeed in implementing their evil doctrines.”
That should satisfy the people who want to keep the statues and the people who find them offensive.
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