‘Taking down statues isn’t going to fix centuries of systemic oppression, violence and hatred that black people have had to endure but it might bring us one small step closer to making ALL Tennesseans and visitors to our state feel safe—not just the white ones,’ she said.
As Tennessee lawmakers debate whether a statue of an early KKK leader should be removed from the state capitol, musician Taylor Swift weighed in on Friday, calling for his bust to be taken down and asking the state to “consider the implications of how hurtful it would be to continue fighting for these monuments.”...
Swift said in a Twitter thread that the statue was a “monstrosity” and emphasized that he was a “brutal slave trader … who, during the Civil War, massacred dozens of black Union soldiers in Memphis” Democrats also pushed for the state to nix Nathan Bedford Forrest Day, which is celebrated on July 13—but Republicans in the State SenateSwift also called for the removal of the now-toppled statue of Edward Carmack, a newspaper editor who
a mob to burn down journalist Ida B. Wells’ newspaper office because she spoke out against a lynching in Memphis.for the removal of Forrest’s bust earlier this week.“Taking down statues isn’t going to fix centuries of systemic oppression, violence and hatred that black people have had to endure but it might bring us one small step closer to making ALL Tennesseans and visitors to our state feel safe—not just the white ones,” Swift said.
commemorating Confederate soldiers or otherwise racist historical figures in the wake of George Floyd’s death. His killing at the hands of a white police officer has sparked a nationwide reckoning on race, touching nearly every facet of business, pop culture and politics.
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