“As I looked at Silent Sam, face down in the dirt, all I could think was that it was the end of another battle in a war we just can’t quit fighting, because we can’t tell the truth about why it started.” It is true, even in the progressive Southern state, the act of dying in the service of White supremacy is lauded and its resurrection keeps coming. The virtue of racism is proclaimed through thinly veiled proclamations. In that case, it was the decision of UNC to give the statue to the Sons of Confederate Veterans and to offer the organization a $2.5 million trust for its care and
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