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Transcripts for MSNBC Velshi 20211024 12:35:00

Before the break, we were talking about this new peacock original film, civil war that focuses on how history about the civil war is taught in american schools. for the latest installment of velshi across america i traveled to jackson, mississippi where i was joined by six locals. we talked about how the civil war is framed ideologically by white southerners, in all be many of them and why that segment of the population is resistant to a narrative that so many americans already know to be true. here is part two of that conversation. while i was teaching at a predominantly white liberal arts college and i taught with my college this particular history course and dr. salas asked why ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC Andrea Mitchell Reports 20210909 16:53:00

That still follow and support the former president who are listening to these remarks, including people who may show up in washington, d.c. next week. of course, robert e. lee fought against the united states. this is a basic fact anybody that attended even the most rudimentary history course should know, and we know these statues were erected not immediately after the death of robert e. lee like the other confederate statues, but mostly in the 20th century to be terroristic figures for black and brown folks, a symbol that the south could rise again as it did before, and it is within the principles of american society they should be taken down. it is good to see that happen in virginia this week. a brief moment left. i want to ask whether you think the justice department is going to have legal grounds to try to challenge the texas abortion law. it is going to be really tough. they re going to have to show ....

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