Confederate Monuments in Downtown Macon, GA..........leaves me SMH

It appear  13WMAZ -TV may have been selective in obtaining opinions.   All clueless participants appear to have a vested interest (in my opinion)  in keeping 'Macon White Again".  I am forever baffle at black folk go along to get along opinions/attitudes toward racist history reminders.  I can see why white folk encourages business as usual, but blacks have no rewards, benefits, gains, etc. for keeping the racist connotation /implications in the forefront.

And what is the obsession some white folks in this city have with Mayor C. Jack Ellis's opinions, activism, and  drive.  It appears some people would like him to be a non - factor in the growth and development of Macon, GA.  Well listen up,  he (we) will not take a back seat, again, consider you his master of destiny, again,   and accept your version of how black's will behave/think in this town, again.  This city belongs to all of us and everyone has a right to participate and have their opinions.  You may not like what he says, but he has a right to say it,  and he is coming from a perspective you do not understand.  This rant alone is all the more reason we do not, I repeat, we do not need reminders (confederate monuments) of how things were,  focus more on how to make everyone opinions count.

Black's historical monuments (schools, churches, neighborhoods, homes) are being destroyed/permanently removed, or moved at an alarming rate in this town to make way for progress.  Tear down/remove/move to a museum these confederate monuments to make way for progress.  These confederate monuments are only reminders of the separation of races that is prevalent today as when they were erected.  Just saying............another perspective/opinion.

What Not To Do In Macon GA….Macon GA leaves me SMH

 

This is Macon, GA at its worst.   This display of embolden privilege is the "white man's" comparative estimate of "thug/s" in the public square........in my opinion.  One commenter of The Macon Telegraph's article stated get rid of everything associated with the “war of the states”, sarcastically.    I think that is an excellent idea.  Jews do not want to be reminded of the atrocities inflicted upon them and the perpetrators of those atrocities (Hitler) and neither does blacks want reminders of their ancestor historical atrocities.   Let historical museums tell the story rather than flaunting on any given day the white man’s comparative equivalent of the holocaust in the city's square.  Yes, the holocaust, because that historical event shares the same if not identical motives and intend as slavery and that in my opinion was to destroy a race of people. 

The event is history (his story - your story), but be sensitive and compassionate enough to share it with those who would like to hear it, and display that history,(preferably in a museum) where people who do not agree with your story (his-story) of what took place a choice to see it or not and to hear it or not.

Macon GA you have demonstrated (as many times before) by allowing the Beer Festival in Rosa Parks Square and The Confederate Memorial Day Event to take place in prominent spots in downtown Macon things not to do in Macon, GA and how racially insensitive, divided, self-absorbed, and pompous this city is…….get a clue?