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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does it? That memorial uses language that is much less strong than the language in the W&L resolution. 
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No, it doesn't, not even close, and that was illustrated point by point in the deconstruction of your W&L article. NOt sure how you could make that claim with a straight face.

Plus, you are comparing a freaking web page to a permanent, expensive monument.  Are you freaking serious?  No, you aren't because this comparison is just beyond debate.  [/quote]

Did you read the text on the monument? Apparently you didn’t. Doesn’t even mention Mr. Brown, much less that he was a slaver. Looks more like an attempt to deflect from their founder to me. A quick Google search would have told you that Washington and Lee does have multiple memorials for the enslaved persons that worked at the college and various African American alumni, including a building dedicated to the first African American known to have completed their college education in the US.

And for those who are trying to claim that Lee is somehow “worse” than people who built the fortunes that they used to found the universities bearing their names by kidnapping Africans and forcing them across the middle passage in horrific and deadly conditions (resulting in an estimated 2 million dead):  What?  Just admit that you are excusing the Ivy League because you’ve bought into their whole aura of “prestige” (despite the fact that it was built on the blood of enslaved people).

This who discussion reminds me of an episode of “Finding Your Roots” with Kyra Sedgwick, who was all smug about her “progressive” New England ancestry, until Mr. Gates informed her that her ancestors were slave owners. Oops. There’s an entire history of slavery in the North East that has been conveniently memory-holed by their descendants.

FWIW, I have no connection to W&L, I just find the hypocrisy incredibly annoying. [/quote]

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