People are petitioning to change streets that are named "Jim Crow Road" on change.org. It's scary how easily people are jumping on board the erase history train.
Sure, it definitely shouldn't be seen as a road named in his honor. But rather it should serve as an reminder. We humans learn from making mistakes, and its the fact that we remember those consequences that allows us to improve and not make those errors again. What happens when we erase those reminders and where do we draw the line? Should we tear down museums too, would those be deemed a place that worships evil and wrongdoing? What about textbooks; should we start censoring and "correcting" history so that they don't offend the children? If we are so easily tearing down statues, censoring books, what stops us from changing the definition of words and speech? (Perhaps it's already starting, Merriam Webster has changed the definition of "Racism".)
People are petitioning to change streets that are named "Jim Crow Road" on change.org. It's scary how easily people are jumping on board the erase history train.
I don't know I can see the sense of not having a road named in Jim Crow's honor.
That's not necessary to "preserve history."
Sure, it definitely shouldn't be seen as a road named in his honor. But rather it should serve as an reminder. We humans learn from making mistakes, and its the fact that we remember those consequences that allows us to improve and not make those errors again. What happens when we erase those reminders and where do we draw the line? Should we tear down museums too, would those be deemed a place that worships evil and wrongdoing? What about textbooks; should we start censoring and "correcting" history so that they don't offend the children? If we are so easily tearing down statues, censoring books, what stops us from changing the definition of words and speech? (Perhaps it's already starting, Merriam Webster has changed the definition of "Racism".)