Should all Confederate Statues be removed from display?
The family of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, one of the most famous of all confederate generals.
"Confederate monuments like the Jackson statue were never intended as benign symbols," wrote two of Jackson's great-great grandsons.
"Rather, they were the clearly articulated artwork of white supremacy."
In an open letter to the mayor of Richmond, Virginia - where they live - they called for the removal of statues celebrating their ancestor.
"While we are not ashamed of our great-great-grandfather, we are ashamed to benefit from white supremacy while our black family and friends suffer. We are ashamed of the monument," they wrote.
"As two of the closest living relatives to Stonewall, we are writing today to ask for the removal of his statue, as well as the removal of all Confederate statues from Monument Avenue. They are overt symbols of racism and white supremacy, and the time is long overdue for them to depart from public display."
"Confederate monuments like the Jackson statue were never intended as benign symbols," wrote two of Jackson's great-great grandsons.
"Rather, they were the clearly articulated artwork of white supremacy."
In an open letter to the mayor of Richmond, Virginia - where they live - they called for the removal of statues celebrating their ancestor.
"While we are not ashamed of our great-great-grandfather, we are ashamed to benefit from white supremacy while our black family and friends suffer. We are ashamed of the monument," they wrote.
"As two of the closest living relatives to Stonewall, we are writing today to ask for the removal of his statue, as well as the removal of all Confederate statues from Monument Avenue. They are overt symbols of racism and white supremacy, and the time is long overdue for them to depart from public display."
61-69, M
