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Feature in “The Atlantic” makes argument to remove Monument Avenue statues

The statues are a part of the Richmond landscape for now, but eventually that could change.

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Confederate statues have been removed in New Orleans and are slated for removal in Charlottesville. Currently there is no active discussion, that I know of, within Richmond government to remove or alter the statues.

Writer Garret Epps makes the argument in The Atlantic for their removal. You can read the full article “The Motionless Ghosts That Haunt the South“. A small excerpt is below.

This was—and to a remarkable extent still is——a society imbued with myth and propaganda. We were taught to believe that these marble men—who staked their lives and fortunes to fight for chattel slavery—were the equals of the nation’s founders, and far superior to any Abraham Lincoln or Ulysses Grant.

There simply is no way to hold that belief and at the same time believe that black Americans are equal before the law or even before God. That’s not a coincidence.

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Richard Hayes is the co-founder of RVAHub. When he isn't rounding up neighborhood news, he's likely watching soccer or chasing down the latest and greatest board game.