Put them in a museum then, not in pride of place in public spaces where the descendants of their victims have no choice but be reminded of their generational trauma every day.
You teach about history by putting it in a history museum. Putting statues in the public square is for honoring the people depicted by literally putting them on a pedestal over everyone else.
I understand that too, but i dont think we should hide the mistakes that were done from the public and risk forgetting them. Make those statues to altars of how things have changed and to promise to not let those things repeat.
But i also dont think those statues should be protected from change. If there is plan to renovate some park and make it better, some old statue of slave owner should not prevent that. Move the thing somewhere else.
I just think those are part of the history and destroying or willingly hiding it from public does more harm in the long run.
Put them in a museum then, not in pride of place in public spaces where the descendants of their victims have no choice but be reminded of their generational trauma every day.
You teach about history by putting it in a history museum. Putting statues in the public square is for honoring the people depicted by literally putting them on a pedestal over everyone else.
I understand that too, but i dont think we should hide the mistakes that were done from the public and risk forgetting them. Make those statues to altars of how things have changed and to promise to not let those things repeat.
But i also dont think those statues should be protected from change. If there is plan to renovate some park and make it better, some old statue of slave owner should not prevent that. Move the thing somewhere else.
I just think those are part of the history and destroying or willingly hiding it from public does more harm in the long run.
Keep them on your front lawn then. So your neighbors can know who you revere.
you can keep some of them, but we don’t have to keep all of them.
You can have one Nazi memorabilia.
But once you have a room full of Nazi memorabilia, you just might be a fan of Hitler’s work. https://youtube.com/shorts/QDDbICw_7NY