Friday, July 31, 2020

West Point grads want 'anti-racist monuments' in place of Confederate statues

West Point grads want 'anti-racist monuments' in place of Confederate statues

  • West Point graduates are calling on the United States Military Academy to transform the academy into an “anti-racist space,” alleging that the school is home to “systemic racism."
  • The proposal was signed by graduates from both the class of 2018 and the class of 2019. 
  • It outlines three major supposed failures of the institution and highlights “necessary action steps for fighting racism and normalizing anti-racism at the Academy.”  
  • The proposal comes after nearly two dozen Democratic lawmakers called on the military installation to remove any reference to Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
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