North Carolina residents sue to have Confederate monument to 'faithful slaves' removed

[sarisataka]

North Carolina residents sue to have Confederate monument to ‘faithful slaves’ removed

Residents of a small county in North Carolina filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to have a Confederate-era monument to “faithful slaves” removed from outside the county courthouse.

The monument in Tyrrell County, North Carolina, features a Confederate soldier on top of a pedestal with the inscription “In appreciation of our faithful slaves” written underneath.

The lawsuit, filed in the Eastern District of North Carolina, was brought by a group called The Concerned Citizens of Tyrrell County. The plaintiffs claim the public monument is in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment because it “expresses a racially discriminatory message.”

The inscription on the statue promotes a “pro-slavery message and a pro-Confederate message,” according to the lawsuit.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/23/us/nc-confederate-slaves-monument-lawsuit-reaj/index.html

JFC riding an electric pogostick

[Aristus]

1. "Thank you for being faithful to us, your masters.

All it took was beating the men, raping the women, and selling their children down the river."

Ah, loyalty...

[Sky Jewels]

2. Yes, and preventing them from having any other life options

besides a lifetime of confinement, torture and unpaid backbreaking labor.

[Johnny2X2X]

3. Most of these monuments are blatantly racist

And they were erected with racist intentions.

[Fla Dem]

4. I applaud the NC residents who are pushing for the removal of this bigoted, racist statue.

I'm sure they will be facing fierce discriminatory pushback.