Kentucky Mayor wants to tear down 2 Confederate monuments in the wake of the Charlotteville protests. But FYI: there are at least 700 Confederate monuments in the US.
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00:00Relocating these statues and explaining them is the right thing to do.
00:14It's just not right that we would continue to honor these Confederate men who fought to preserve slavery
00:21on the same ground as men, women, and even children were once sold into a life of slavery.
00:30Yes, we like knowing where we came from. But we also need to know that our history is accurate and truthful.
01:00The time has come.
01:29This is not just about statutes. This is about attitudes. And it's about behaviors as well.
01:34If we take down these statutes and don't change to become a more open and inclusive society,
01:39then all of this would have been in vain.