Why one advocate says Old Town Confederate flag removal isn’t enough (NM)
By Joey Peters
12 hours ago
... Today, Old Town still displays replicas of two Mountain Howitzer cannons that Confederates used against Union soldiers in the Skirmish of Albuquerque, as well as a plaque describing the cannons. Part of the plaque reads: “It is sometimes said that these two mountain howitzers ‘guard’ the Old Town Plaza. They represent a proud and important era in Albuquerque history.”
Jefferson, who organized the opposition to the Old Town monuments, maintains that these images aren’t accurate or neutral.
He describes the cannons as “weaponry used against the USA” and argues that public display of any Confederate imagery is “offering the continuation” of the Confederacy’s ideology of white supremacy.
“Either all men are created equal or the white man is superior to the negro,” he said. “We already had that fight. One ideology lost” ...
http://nmpoliticalreport.com/10649/why-one-advocate-says-old-town-confederate-flag-removal-isnt-enough/
