Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s Address on Removal of Four Confederate Statues [23 min - Mitch Landrieu]

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 I don't realize how deep THE MANY Types of prejudices and biases people may have.....the many hidden biases people do have. Thankfully we have a VOICE NOW. We are all together now. This is a safe place to grow up and learn how not to be part of the Collective insanity that we see in the world.

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On Friday, May 19, 2017, Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivered an address about the City of New Orleans’ efforts to remove monuments that prominently celebrate the “Lost Cause of the Confederacy.” The statues were erected decades after the Civil War to celebrate the “Cult of the Lost Cause,” a movement recognized across the South as celebrating and promoting white supremacy.

There are four prominent monuments in question. The Battle of Liberty Place monument was erected by the Crescent City White League to remember the deadly insurrection led by white supremacists against the City’s racially integrated police department and government. The Jefferson Davis statue on Jefferson Davis Parkway, the P.G.T. Beauregard equestrian statue on Esplanade Avenue at the entrance to City Park, and the Robert E. Lee statue at Lee Circle.