• If You Want to Rename a Site Named after a Confederate Figure

    If You Want to Rename a Site Named after a Confederate Figure

    The folks who want to rename landmarks currently named after Confederate generals and leaders are going about it all wrong — that is, if they really want to convince people to rename those landmarks. Most human beings, and particularly most Americans, are instinctively resistant to any message in the vein of, “That thing you’ve been …
  • Mississippi Legislature May Have Votes to Remove Confederate Symbol from State Flag

    Mississippi Legislature May Have Votes to Remove Confederate Symbol from State Flag

    The Mississippi legislature may have the votes necessary to change the state flag, which currently features the emblem of the Confederacy. “Supporters of a flag change worked through the night to secure the remaining votes necessary for a successful vote to change the state flag,” State Representative Robert Johnson III, a Democrat, told NBC on …
  • BET founder Robert Johnson slams protesters for toppling Confederate statues

    BET founder Robert Johnson slams protesters for toppling Confederate statues

    BET founder Robert Johnson slammed those who topple Confederate and other statues across the US as “borderline anarchists” — and argued the act means “absolutely means nothing” to black Americans. Johnson, who recently called for the government to provide $14 trillion in reparations to the descendants of slavery, told FOX News Wednesday that the movement …
  • Conservative who compromised on tearing down confederate statues is complicit in the destruction of art across the country

    Conservative who compromised on tearing down confederate statues is complicit in the destruction of art across the country

    There is no need to name names. The so-called conservatives who have been coddling mindless calls to destroy public art know who they are. So do the rest of us. These are the reasonable conservatives, the good ones, so ever careful not to be called racist. They had a compromise in mind because they always …
  • Thousands sign petition to replace Confederate statues in Tennessee with Dolly Parton

    Thousands sign petition to replace Confederate statues in Tennessee with Dolly Parton

    They’re begging her to please to take their men. A petition to replace every Confederate statue in Tennessee with sculptures of Dolly Parton has racked up over 14,000 signatures on Change.org. “Tennessee is littered with statues memorializing Confederate officers. History should not be forgotten, but we need not glamorize those who do not deserve our …
  • NASCAR’s Ray Ciccarelli says family has been ‘abused’ over Confederate flag post

    NASCAR’s Ray Ciccarelli says family has been ‘abused’ over Confederate flag post

    Ray Ciccarelli, the NASCAR driver who threatened to quit after the sport banned the Confederate flag, tried to set the record straight about his controversial post on Facebook, saying he believes his thoughts were misconstrued but doesn’t regret what he said. Ciccarelli took part in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series this weekend, …
  • NASCAR Bans Confederate Flag after Request from Black Driver

    NASCAR Bans Confederate Flag after Request from Black Driver

    NASCAR announced Wednesday that it would ban displays of the Confederate flag at its races Wednesday, after Bubba Watson — the lone black driver in the sport — called for its banning. “The presence of the Confederate flag at NASCAR events runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all …