This stuff get more and more interesting everyday...
Let's get right at it;
Check it!!!
In Reference to my post: "Obama: The many faces of Fayetteville NC," I received this comment from Shinda Williams (pewood@capefearvalley.com):
They hung blacks from Oak trees. You gonna ban Oak trees from the world. The
market house served many purposes in its time. Unfortunately, selling of slaves
was a market during that period of time. LET IT GO ALREADY. Otherwise, cut down
all the trees in the world!!. I'm sick of people only focuses on one thing in
regards to the market house. get your facts straight. The building was not built
to sell slaves. It was part of the time. Selling of slaves occured in many
markets around the country/ It was just a fcat of history. Other business
occurred in the center of town besides slave selling. find something else to
focus on. It is just a building. Like I said, let it go or cut down every tree
that can also symbolize the hanging of slaves!!!!!
Wow...
So I ask you should trees that are known as hanging trees be cut down??? I took a look at known hanging trees from our history on the internet to see what there fate has been... It seems that, for the most part, every known hanging tree has already been cut down... "Culturally Speaking," these hanging tree, were more often than not, used to hang black men without a proper trial... These places of hasty illegal trials and executions are a reminder of our disgraceful lawless past...
I am reminded of the Jena 6 saga and the whites only tree... Needless to say that that tree was cut down... This is a quote from a school board member after the tree was cut down:
"A clean slate," LaSalle Parish School Board member Billy Fowler said of why the
tree was cut down in the past few weeks. "There's nothing positive about that
old tree. It's all negative. And I'm serving on the new School Board, and we're
wanting to start fresh on some things."
Wow... "A clean slate..."
That is the real reason for these images of our racist past to be removed from our "Cultural Consciousness..." I, like Ms Williams, have an opinion and it is mine that we as a people move forward into a brighter tomorrow without these divisive images of racism to remind us of who we were... Besides, if it is our tax dollars that keep these buildings up ie "the Market house," then it is up to our congress to do the will of the people... If these building are not to be torn down then they should be used to educate about our dismay of our, not-so-distant, racist past and advocate true democracy for a brighter future for our children...
"Vega" has torn down practically, if not, all the building built during the mob controlling era... I don't see them keeping any buildings standing as a memorial to what mob violence can accomplish...
Dahhhhhhhhhhh!!!
What's that about???
So why would we the people keep these reminders (other than true education against racism that our tax dollars would be rightfully used) in our "Cultural consciousness now... In the case of "the Market House" in Fayettevill NC, the city voted to tear down "Rick's Louge" which was a very popular landmark for countless soldier and the like for decades... What was that about???
"Oh, "Rick's" did not represent the right image for a newer brighter tomorrow for the city???" A new image for an this international city, "The Airborne & Special Operations Museum???"
Who knows???
One thing is for sure, "Image is everything..."
Wow...
Do you feel me???
I hope so!!!
"Pres. Obama: "Should the Hanging tree "be cut down???""
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