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Overshadowed by other news, this past week, four Confederate monuments were removed from public display in New Orleans, Louisiana, prompting a racist backlash from at least one Southern politician who doesn't even represent Louisiana, but neighboring Mississippi.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/mis...h-lawmakers-who-remove-confederate-monuments/
But New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu gave a speech about the monuments and their removal, and I found it quite moving. It seems some people in Louisiana do want to move forward and heal from the racial tensions of the past. Here's the speech in its entirety:
New Orleans mayor denounces 'false narrative of our history' in speech defending Confederate monument removal
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/mis...h-lawmakers-who-remove-confederate-monuments/
But New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu gave a speech about the monuments and their removal, and I found it quite moving. It seems some people in Louisiana do want to move forward and heal from the racial tensions of the past. Here's the speech in its entirety:
New Orleans mayor denounces 'false narrative of our history' in speech defending Confederate monument removal