states what they should or should not do. ever since the war, no one s property has been secure. there is a lot of talk about reparations for slaves. you now? my great great grandfather, no one paid . abraham lincoln, he did get paid for the war to prevent southern [inaudible] changed our country for the worst. and my opinion. what do you think? do you think the were let qatar change for the worst? for trying to process everything. i do understand that parts of my father is speaking on because i feel that way. the government is too big and has too much power. it is innovation. how long would it take to free the slaves? how long would it have taken for them to realize that slavery is wrong? do you think slavery must
[inaudible] high school family. education first. students [inaudible] the kids that i have here are determined to not fall in the footsteps of what is in the past. i m hoping i can spark something in them to say, i want to know more. i want to learn more. in mississippi, do people talk about slavery is the cause of war? you don t hear the word of slavery or slaves in the city. that was an incidental part of it. i guess a simple term is whitewash, as i told my clients that a lot of time you go into see the good part of the history. especially history that you are part of. you want to minimize the bad part about it. slavery is not easy to tackle for black or four white. how do you tackle the story of slavery? one thing is that the slaves, who are more powerful than we give them credit for.
controversial monuments. many say that celebrates slavery and confederacy. all right. we had to celebrate the taking down of the jefferson davis statue here in new orleans tonight. these were all jim crow era statues, meant to emphasize that white people are in control. is there any value in there is no value in keeping those statues. there is value and remembering with these statues were put up four. what do you say to people across this state, marching with confederate flags? i don t say nothing to them. they are not on my radar. they are unruly unbelievable, as far as i know. we prayed a lot for those who are attacking our heritage me for their since. we pray our lord the truth of history would triumph. i feel like the country never really were unified after the war, in a way that included all of its citizens, right?
experience war amongst ourselves. he sounds scary, doesn t he? yeah. i think it probably was. what stood up to you in the arguments? so our article was presented by alexander stevens in atlantic, georgia. and not once does he talk about slavery, property, and what the war was really about, but they re really fighting for. other voices? yeah. i noticed there seems to be a common idea that the civil war was totally about slavery. i m gonna disagree with that. the south did want to leave the union, because of slavery, but the issue of the civil war was keeping the south in the union. so slavery isn t like, the entire issue. pushback? comments? we re gonna continue tomorrow. we have class tomorrow. you are a thinker. that is for sure.
educational advancement. they need a new system to keep them there. the solution and the south was a system of jim crow laws. everything from schooling to voting, to transportation, public accommodation, every element of life is now going to be segregated. lots of white americans, north or south, unified around segregation as a way to keep society at social order. the way in which this culture became within the first half century after the war, an american north south reunion without racial justice, left a deep set of legacies. we are of course, still struggling with. and every time we think we have so much of this put aside, we