Our governor shared plans on how to combat disorder, including the decriminalization of marijuana and amendments to electoral legislation, such as declaring the voting day a holiday in lieu of celebrating Lee-Jackson Day (the birthday of two Confederate generals; observed on the Friday before the third Monday of January).
Well, marijuana is understandable. But. One might wonder, what do some generals have to do with all this? But here it’s an old issue that pits entire neighborhoods against each other. It turned out Robert E. Lee, who is highly respected here for various merits as a military leader, was convinced in his 19th century that slavery was beneficial for the moral health of black people. And generally, people weren’t really considered at that time. Various stubborn stances on nationalism and the like often link their racist views with the Confederacy and the Civil War, leading to conflicts over interpretations of history and historical figures in the new light of political correctness and equality. The link contains a lot of interesting material on the subject.
https://carnegie.ru/commentary/72866
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