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Podcast: The Lean to the Left Podcast
Episode: Monuments & Covid 19: Listen to a Teenager
Description: Should statues of Confederate leaders and advocates of slavery and racism be removed in America?Amidst the push for societal reform sparked by the murder of George Floyd, Brianna Taylor, and countless other victims of police brutality and systemic racism, protesters as well as local governments have called for the removal of various monuments.Many of these monuments depict Confederate leaders and advocates of Jim Crow laws, segregation, social Darwinism, and glorify the historical implications of prejudice. President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday that protects these monuments from protesters – just a little over a week after the Republicans in...