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Another city following in the footsteps of New Orleans and I LOVE IT!
This past Monday, crews in St. Louis began dismantling a 103 year old Confederate monument that stood 38 feet tall and portrayed a Confederate solider parting ways with his family to go fight in the Civil War with an angel hovering above them. The Missouri Civil War Museum will pay for the removal of the statue which has to be completed by Friday. The monument will be kept in storage until a new location can be found either @ a Civil War museum, a cemetery, or a battlefield outside of St. Louis County. Since Michael Brown was murdered back in 2014, the statue has been tagged with messages like, "End Racism" and "Black Lives Matter." It's also been a place where people gather together to protest injustices in the community. Quick story: I was @ work today and I was on the phone with a man that was older and I knew he was white without a shadow of a doubt. We were discussing the city I live in and he mentioned how beautiful and historic it was and OUT OF NOWHERE, he then says, "It's a shame what they're doing to the monuments." I swear this really happened! Needless to say, I was perplexed because to the best of my knowledge there has been no decision made about removing the city's statues. I'm pretty positive he didn't know I'm black because when I'm @ work, I have to put on my fake voice, and I'm sure even if he did know, he wouldn't have given a damn. I'm certain he's 1 of those older folks that just says whatever comes to mind and doesn't care who gets offended, and no that's not a dig @ white people because everybody knows somebody like that. Hell, I'm only in my 20s and I've already reached that point in my life! Anyways, @ that point, I became irritated because I had a lot that I would've liked to say to him such as, I'm sure the removing of statues would be devastating for somebody such as yourself who's never had to fight to be equal in this country, however for somebody like me and for all the other black folks we have a very different viewpoint of the statues being removed, we celebrate these things because inch by inch it gives us hope that maybe 1 day we can live in a world where we're not constantly reminded with the help of statues that we're not equal to folks such as yourself. But of course because I was @ work, all I could muster while biting my tongue was, "hmm." After he made that comment, the only thing I could do was attempt to hurry him off of my phone because I slipped up and gave him a taste of this reckless mouth!
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