Article 55G1E Virginia Schools Are Changing Their Confederate Names Because Honoring Slavery Is No Way to Teach History

Virginia Schools Are Changing Their Confederate Names Because Honoring Slavery Is No Way to Teach History

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Zack Linly
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White people want to have it both ways. They want so badly for Black people to understand that the past is the past" and that slavery is over," but they also want desperately to cling to every monument and flag that celebrates institutions of oppression. They also apparently enjoy having things named for leaders of...

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