At least 160 Confederate symbols were removed or transferred from public spaces last year, according to a Southern Poverty Law Center (SLPC) analysis shared with The Associated Press. …
At least 160 Confederate symbols were removed or transferred from public spaces last year, according to a Southern Poverty Law Center (SLPC) analysis shared with The Associated Press. “These racist symbols only serve to uphold revisionist history and the belief that white supremacy remains morally acceptable,” the SPLC’s chief of staff, Lecia Brooks, told the AP in a statement. “This is why we believe that all symbols of white supremacy should be removed from public spaces.” The organization has tracked the removal of such symbols since white supremacist Dylann Roof killed nine Black parishioners at a South Carolina church in 2015, prompting the removal of the Confederate flag from the state capitol.
