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Op donderdag 11 juni 2020 17:15 schreef irishspring het volgende:Het weghalen van bepaalde standbeelden blijft een lastig ding. Enerzijds zouden we de geschiedenis niet met onze huidige morele normen moeten beoordelen, maar anderzijds zijn sommige figuren zelfs voor hun tijd tè verwerpelijk.
Dit is bijvoorbeeld echt absurd: Een beeld van een van de oprichters van de Ku Klux Klan prominent in je state capitol hebben anno 2020.
Forrest heeft de KKK niet opgericht.
Lees anders even wat Bedford Forrest erna heeft gedaan...
http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/6866"On July 5, 1875, Lou Lewis, a former slave, approached former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest with a bouquet of flowers while on stage at the Independent Order of Pole-Bearers Association's fair in Memphis, Tennessee. The Pole-Bearers Association consisted of formerly enslaved people and in some ways preceded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The bouquet served as a peace offering from the freed people to an iconic southern planter and Confederate officer. Forrest took the bouquet saying, "I accept the flowers as a memento of reconciliation between the white and colored races of the southern states." Forrest became the first white man to speak to the Association and was invited to the podium with genuine anticipation. During Forrest's short speech, he advocated for African Americans' right to vote, promoted cooperation between the two races, and pledged his allegiance to the African American cause. "We were born on the same soil, breathe the same air, and live on the same land," Forrest exclaimed, "Why then can we not be brothers?" Forrest thanked Lewis for the bouquet, gave her a kiss on the cheek, and exited the stage."
Letterlijke speech:
"Ladies and Gentlemen I accept the flowers as a memento of reconciliation between the white and colored races of the southern states. I accept it more particularly as it comes from a colored lady, for if there is any one on God's earth who loves the ladies I believe it is myself. ( Immense applause and laughter.) I came here with the jeers of some white people, who think that I am doing wrong. I believe I can exert some influence, and do much to assist the people in strengthening fraternal relations, and shall do all in my power to elevate every man to depress none. (Applause.) I want to elevate you to take positions in law offices, in stores, on farms, and wherever you are capable of going. I have not said anything about politics today. I don't propose to say anything about politics. You have a right to elect whom you please; vote for the man you think best, and I think, when that is done, you and I are freemen. Do as you consider right and honest in electing men for office. I did not come here to make you a long speech, although invited to do so by you. I am not much of a speaker, and my business prevented me from preparing myself. I came to meet you as friends, and welcome you to the white people. I want you to come nearer to us. When I can serve you I will do so. We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict. Go to work, be industrious, live honestly and act truly, and when you are oppressed I'll come to your relief. I thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for this opportunity you have afforded me to be with you, and to assure you that I am with you in heart and in hand."
Dat stukje hoor je dan weer nooit. Natuurlijk niet. Ook niet dat Forrest in 1874 zijn diensten aanbood aan de gouverneur van Tennessee, Brown, om 'white scoundrels' die weerloze zwarten bleven terroriseren een les te leren... ze zelfs te 'vernietigen':
"After the lynch mob murder of four blacks who had been arrested for defending themselves in a brawl at a barbecue, Forrest wrote to Tennessee Governor John C. Brown in August 1874 and "volunteered to help 'exterminate' those men responsible for the continued violence against the blacks", offering "to exterminate the white marauders who disgrace their race by this cowardly murder of Negroes". (Eddy W. Davison (2016).
Nathan Bedford Forrest: In Search of the Enigma. Pelican Publishing, p. 474-475).
Je hoort dat Forrest de KKK heeft opgericht, want waarom ook niet...
Altijd dat gemakkelijke gedoe, doe eerst eens onderzoek.
[ Bericht 4% gewijzigd door EttovanBelgie op 11-06-2020 20:46:49 ]
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