That is true. And you might want to check how Germany handles the Nazi history. The memory of the confederacy started years after the civil war ended. I'm not talking about the civil war. I'm talking about the confederacy, a group of insurgents who formed their own country, waged war on the US and lost. This is what Republicans defend as you just did in your post.
Memories always remain AFTER a cataclysmic event like the Civil War where the Confederacy tried to secede from the Union because the Union was mostly for anti-slavery. This is important history that has already been attacked by BOTH sides and, if we get rid of the history, will most certainly happen again so, I guess I don't get your point.
You want us blacks to forget slavery and jim crow. That's history. So your opinion is bullshit.
Over the last few weeks I am realizing more and more just how segregated we are here in Metro Detroit. Occasionally we interact but for the most part it's separate but equal. And it's not even equal seeing as how we have most of the money. Most of the blacks in my area are low wage workers who live in low income apartments. We see each other at Speedway, Rite Aide and Walmart but we rarely interact. I feel the tension.
Did I tell you I saw a great blackish the other day where the main character's kids were afraid to go to the black neighborhood? The father took off his expensive ear rings before he took them there and later felt ashamed about doing that when his sister who still lives in the hood called him out for doing it.
Don't dismiss the show as not being good, it's fucking amazing. And most of the time they are siding with your position so to say you don't like it tells me you aren't watching it. Because that show is about seeing America from a black perspective.
He explained how every other cultural city is considered exotic. China Town, Mexican Village, Greek Town, Little Italy, etc. People want to go to these towns. But no one wants to go to an all black neighborhood. It's seen as dangerous, high crime and poverty, etc.
All in all he and I agree this is because of racism. That's not the point. The point is even black Americans feel safer in white neighborhoods.
It still bugs me that you suggest white neighborhoods are just as dangerous as black ones. I think it comes down to what kinds of crimes are being committed. In a black neighborhood there are people who will kill/rob/rape a stranger. In a white neighborhood we are killing our parents, wives or co-workers when we snap. These aren't criminals on the lose these are crazy whites who snap or whites who kill their parents for their money.
Great example I was watching Detroit's most wanted. Amazing the stories behind what these guys have done. One guy would go the the gas station, rob and shoot at people and he didn't even care about the cameras