The funny thing is once you start removing some of this stuff you realize how PERVASIVE it really is. And now you have people stepping back and seeing the bigger picture of the fact that this is literally what our country is, and what it was founded on. It's racism. It's white supremacy. It's bone deep. All of what we've honored has been some racist shit. It's everywhere. ****************** Merchandise! MAKE SURE U GETTA SHIRT!! https://www.teepublic.com/user/sssseren Follow me on social media! Twitter: @seren_sensei Instagram: @sensei_aishitemasu Tumblr: http://sensei-aishitemasu.tumblr.com Snapchat: sssseren GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/tc5wh7q Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seren_sensei ****************** Did you know I wrote a book? ☺️ 'So, About That... A Year of Contemporary Essays on Race and Pop Culture' Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/About-That-Contemporary-Essays-Culture-ebook/dp/B013V0CHK6 Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013V0CHK6 Digital download (e-book): https://gumroad.com/l/IkUa ****************** Links: 'The Monuments Must Go:' http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/08/stonewall_jackson_s_grandsons_the_monuments_must_go.html 'What A Lynching Memorial Would Force Us All To Face:' https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/12/21/what-the-lynching-memorial-will-force-us-all-to-face/?utm_term=.26862a62f7ad 'The Policies of White Resentment:' https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/05/opinion/sunday/white-resentment-affirmative-action.html 'The Lost Cause Rides Again:' https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/08/no-confederate/535512/ 'Brooklyn Army Base Is Urged to Rename Streets Honoring Confederate Generals:' https://www.wsj.com/articles/brooklyn-army-base-urged-to-rename-streets-honoring-confederate-generals-1502831648 'Cuomo Wants Army to Rename Streets on Brooklyn Base:' https://www.wsj.com/articles/cuomo-wants-army-to-rename-streets-on-brooklyn-base-1502936425?cx_navSource=cx_newsReel&cx_tag=contextual&cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_s 'The Latest: Confederate Memorial in Helena Ordered Removed:' https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/montana/articles/2017-08-16/the-latest-confederate-memorial-in-helena-ordered-removed 'Is America Headed for a New Kind of Civil War?' http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/is-america-headed-for-a-new-kind-of-civil-war 'Why Charlottesville?' https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2017/08/why-charlottesville/536700/ 'Man Charged After White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville Ends in Deadly Violence:' https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/us/charlottesville-protest-white-nationalist.html 'Charlottesville Violence Spurs New Resistance to Confederate Symbols:' https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/us/charlottesville-violence-spurs-new-resistance-to-confederate-symbols.html?ribbon-ad-idx=2&rref=us&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&pgtype=article 'Father of White Nationalist Denounces His Son After Charlottesville: He’s ‘Not Welcome at Family Gatherings Any Longer:’ https://www.thecut.com/2017/08/white-nationalist-peter-tefft-denounced-by-father-after-charlottesville-rally.html