The Whitney museum in New York had a biennial exhibition consisting of contemporary
The Whitney museum in New York had a biennial exhibition consisting of contemporary
I do believe that they should be considered as more of an artifact, as the mayor mentioned in his speech. They are a part of history and I understand that it is something that we should not forget, but I say that it would be better to move them to a museum or so. It is not good to look up to someone whose views are something that we have worked hard to abolish. I do not see why there have a statue of someone who fought against their own country due to wanting to keep slavery in place. I see that the statues are also considered art and for that reason, keeping them in a museum is a more exceptional decision.…
In his recent work, John Daniel Davidson have offered harsh critiques of Mayor Landrieu of New Orleans for removing statues of Confederate statues. In his article “New Orleans is Wrong to Remove its Confederate Monuments” Davidson talks about how New Orleans cowardly removed its statues. That removing its statutes did not help with showing the diversity and the tolerance of the city. The article mention that the removing of confederate statues has gained attention since the racially motivated shooting in a church of Charleston in 2015. The governor of South Carolina made the decision to remove the confederate flag from the statehouse in Columbia.…
Confederate monuments are placed publicly all around America and, in recent years, it has raised dispute between people who support Confederacy and want the statues to stay; and people who do not support Confederacy and want to remove the statues. They represent Confederate leaders and history that was made during the American Civil War. Due to white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia violently protesting against the removal of the monuments, there has been an increasingly negative view of what the statues truly represent. Some identify these Confederate statues as an embodiment of a past that is missed by many Americans.…
Culturally responsive evaluation is a contemporary evaluation approach primarily relevant to racial and ethnic minorities in the US. An evaluation is culturally responsive if it fully takes into account the culture of the program that is being evaluated (Frierson, Hood, and Hughes, 2002). A responsive evaluator was also described by Hood (2004) “To be responsive means to attend substantively and politically to issues of culture and race in evaluation practice” (Hood, 2001, P.32). This approach focuses on integration of the African American culture and values in the practice of program evaluation.…
History of Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Monument Monuments exist for the purpose of recognizing a significant individual or event. They provide a glimpse into the past, reflecting the attitudes of the government and people at a given time. However, as cultural ideas and norms shift towards a more progressive view, relics of the past are called into question. In American history, some of the most disputed examples of this are the myriad of memorials that honor the former Confederacy. One such memorial, a statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, was created in reverence of his qualities as a renowned and honorable leader, as well as a regional hero.…
This statue needs to be preserved because it is an important part of Virginia’s history as part of the Confederacy. Although the confederacy did support slavery and the oppression…
The issue over removing Confederate statues has sparked many debates and emotions throughout the U.S. Hate speech stirs emotions, so do these statues. This made me think of the debate over if hate speech is protected by the freedom of speech. Hate speech is a terrible thing. But, it needs to be protected.…
"Hostility Halts Removal of Confederate Symbols." Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada), 2016. EBSCOhost, Ezproxy.nsula.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgbc&AN=edsgcl.447444347&site=eds-live&scope=site. On December 17, 2016, the council members of New Orleans voted to remove the Civil War-era monuments from the town. New Orleans faces issues about whether to remove a historical monument that represents slavery and white supremacy.…
Robert Bonner who was a civil war re-enactor states “When you start removing the history of the city you start losing where you came from and where you’ve been” I disagree with the white supremacist’s reasons for wanting to keep the statues as a rallying point for hatred and their interpretations for what these monuments represent. I also disagree with the protesters who want these monuments removed because they feel as if these monuments are offensive to themselves and their ancestors. I do agree with keeping these monuments in their places to memorialize the events that had happened during the civil…
The only way that this view would be justified is if the monuments truly had a historical purpose and represented southern pride and the rebel spirit, however, this is just blatantly wrong. The statue in Durham, for example, was dedicated in 1924, years after the Civil War ended (Eanes). In a graphic provided by the Southern Poverty Law Center, it shows that the statue in Durham was not alone, with most statues being put up in the early part of the 20th century, not right after the war as some would have you believe. If that isn’t recent enough to spark suspicion, look no further than the monument to Confederate General and the founder of the KKK, Nathan Bedford Forrest, erected in 1998 (Alund). It should be quite obvious that even though some people nowadays see the statues and monuments as tributes to great men who didn’t fight for slavery (even though most did), but for state’s rights, those who put the statues up did so for the sole purpose of sending a message to African Americans every time they passed them, a message that stated that segregation was still okay and that if their neighbors had their way, they would be in…
Recently, certain statues have been the source of contentious debate surrounding their removal. For some, those statues do not need a public display as they are highly offensive and for others, the statues are cultural and needs to remain. However, the Confederate statues that largely haunt the South needs to be removed since there are no plausible defense for them. The horrendous events in Charlottesville, Virginia in which a suspected Nazi sympathizer killed a person, reminds us that we have a long way to go with resolving several troublesome societal issues.…
Should confederate monuments be torn down or leave them where they are standing I think the confederate monuments should be torn down because they could be offensive to some people and they represent slavery and the dark parts of our history and people don’t want to be reminded of that part of our nation’s history also made the idea that the white race is supreme . These monuments honor confederate solider’s and their leaders (monument video) when in reality they should be honoring the people who stopped the confederacy not the people who. Started it this shows that we are showing honor to the wrong people and not only did the confederacy support people owning slaves wanted to leave the union and make their own country were…
Reka Czuth MRKT 453- 002 Cultural Interactions 10/4/17 Traveling to another country is one of the most natural things to do these days. You book a flight, check in at the airport, hop on the plane and land in another country. But what happens when you get there?…
JEDIAH HARTSHORN 2 In our recent times, New Orleans has decided to take down 4 of its confederate statues, due to many complaints, anger, and fighting Mayor Mitch Landrieu makes an address to the people of New Orleans. Mayor Mitch Landrieu starts off with ethos saying, “You see: New Orleans is truly a city of many nations, a melting pot, a bubbling cauldron of many cultures.” Page.2 September 3, 2017. With this he connects with the people of New Orleans, after establishing this connection he proceeds to beginning to discuss the issue at hand.…
Cross-cultural interaction had extreme impacts on the future use of travel networks of the world, as well as future global interactions and popular culture. The greatest causes of cross-cultural interaction from 1000 to 1500 CE were religious and diplomatic pursuits, the emergence of growing commercial centers, and nomadic invasions. The impacts of the interactions included events with the environment including the Bubonic plague, which caused a lesser population, the moving of humans in search of opportunity, and the spread of crops. Economic and social impacts included the Renaissance, conscripted labor, and centralized structure in the Ming dynasty.…