New Orleans is saved.
Via NOLA Com:
A little more than two weeks after a federal appeals court ruling that cleared the way for removal of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee at Lee Circle and three other monuments related to the Confederacy, Take ‘Em Down NOLA, the grassroots group that has fought for the monuments’ removal, is calling for the city to expand its plans.
New Orleanians should not be satisfied with the removal of the four monuments, and instead push for a much more widespread clearance of monuments, street names, school names and other tributes to those tied to white supremacy, leaders of Take ‘Em Down NOLA told a crowd of supporters during a Thursday night (March 23) meeting at Cafe Istanbul in the Marigny.
“If we are serious about taking down these white-supremacist monuments, then we need to take them all down,” said Malcolm Suber, a coordinator for the group. “This is just a partial victory.”
Suber and other Take ‘Em Down NOLA leaders urged attendees to press New Orleans City Council members for a measure that would specifically ban public tributes to figures who held slaves, promoted the Confederacy or otherwise contributed to white-supremacist social structures.
In a written statement issued by the group, members called for “immediate action to remove all monuments, school names and street signs dedicated to White Supremacists.”
“These structures litter our city with visual reminders of the horrid legacy of slavery that terrorized so many of this city’s ancestors. They misrepresent our community. We demand the freedom to live in a city where we are not forced to pay taxes for the maintenance of public symbols that demean us and psychologically terrorize us,” the statement reads.
HT: The Hayride