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Earlier in our reading about the Shaw memorial a question was raised about whether the memorial degraded the African/American soldier by moving him to the background, in today's reading we heard from W.E.B DuBois regarding the Shaw memorial, "How extraordinary, and what a tribute to ignorance and religious hypocrisy, is the fact that in the minds of the people...only murder makes men. The slave pleaded; he was humble; he protected the women of the South, and the world ignored him. The slave killed white men; and behold, he was a man!"Does this quote prove that the memorial was in fact a monument to the African/American fighting man? --R.King | Earlier in our reading about the Shaw memorial a question was raised about whether the memorial degraded the African/American soldier by moving him to the background, in today's reading we heard from W.E.B DuBois regarding the Shaw memorial, "How extraordinary, and what a tribute to ignorance and religious hypocrisy, is the fact that in the minds of the people...only murder makes men. The slave pleaded; he was humble; he protected the women of the South, and the world ignored him. The slave killed white men; and behold, he was a man!"Does this quote prove that the memorial was in fact a monument to the African/American fighting man? --R.King | ||
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| + | I brought this question up in an earlier wiki post but it seems extremely relevant now, especially regarding Angie's comment about the violence towards African Americans during the 50 years after the Civil War. Do you think that the white supremacy ideology was the basis of the reconciliation of the Union? -MK | ||
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| + | Fahs and Waugh spend a great deal of time talking about the impact and influence veterans had on the election. Why do you think that is not so much the case today? -MK | ||
