Sharing a video of the building while still aflame, Brad Gordon wrote: “If you don’t understand why Black Americans are celebrating the symbolic dismantling of this monument to bondage and generational oppression — well, today, we simply don’t care.”
Yea I like preserving history too. I don’t like people trying to re-write history and glorify slave holders. Unfortunately, the south can’t seem to manage one without the other, so this is a good thing. I say that as someone with a deep appreciation for American architecture.
I agree. A small part of me was sad to hear of the loss of the architecture but I’m also happy for the people who see this as a celebration. There are things in this world that should not last forever.
If only the corrupt power, hate, and treason it represents could be burnt down as easily.