You cannot be serious. Shaming doesn't change people's hearts--they have to believe it was wrong. Do you really think that anyone who still believes in gas ovens or lynchings is going to have a change of heart because you rub their noses in it?
You cannot be serious. Shaming doesn't change people's hearts--they have to believe it was wrong. Do you really think that anyone who still believes in gas ovens or lynchings is going to have a change of heart because you rub their noses in it?
So you disagree with the holocaust museum? Really?
People should be shamed for having the temerity to be born white in the south.
Timing can mean a lot. Seems to me that racial tension (hatred) is way up right now. Even if this is a good idea I don't think now is a good time to do it.
not all victims of lynchings were black, do you know where the word lynching comes from? well, then why don't you look it up?
No, but they should be informed about what happened in their counties in the recent past with the goal of it not repeating.
No, but they should be informed about what happened in their counties in the recent past with the goal of it not repeating.
So which is it? Shaming or informing?
I don't believe I ever said shamed.
Wrangor vs RJ is just so unfair.
To the rest of us
I don’t think the monument is about shame (apart from the part with the murals to be brought home). As others have noted, no one today was involved with those murders, they shouldn’t feel shame. It is about remembering our shared history and fighting the white washing of our history. I was never that into history as a student, but I realize now that it is so important to know our history to understand the present. When we see people don’t feel closure after George Zimmerman was found not guilty by a jury, it is important to remember that Emmett Till’s killers were as well. It is important to remember that it was not that long ago that a black person could be killed in a public square, that a black person could be killed without the killer being concerned that they may have to face justice. That impacts how people feel today, it impacts the lens through which they view current events.