LZ Granderson on Confederate Statues Removal: ‘If You Have Any Complaints About History Being Erased, Get in Line’

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GRANDERSON: "First of all, if you feel as if your history is being erased out of pop culture, welcome to our world. Our history has been erased. Erased to the point in which we had to beg for a month to celebrate our history. And then when that happened, it’s the shortest month of the year. So if you have any complaints about history being erased, get in line. With that being said, the history that has been said about slavery, the antebellum south, the Confederate flag, these statues, let’s just say it’s been whitewashed and sanitized anyway. So, I actually don’t think you necessarily need to take down Confederate statues because I do think it’s important that you have the history, but let’s tell the truth that these people that you’re honoring rebelled against this country, fought to keep slavery in place, and didn’t give a damned about people that looked like me. If you want to put that on your monument, then do that and then you can keep it. But let’s not pretend as if these are great Americans, because they actually fought to leave America."