grab The racism at the root – for many Americans, this also means to rethink the memory of their ancestors from the southern States. But where to start and where to stop? Donald Trump has a clear idea.
Washington (Reuters) – In the Wake of the protests against racism in the United States after the death of George Floyd, a discussion of the culture of remembrance in the country is flared.
The idea of a renaming of the controversial names of US military bases granted to the US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, a clear rejection. Meanwhile, the leading Democrat, asked in the house of representatives, to remove the eleven statues in the Capitol.
The death of the African-American Floyd during a police operation more than two weeks on 25. May has triggered mass protests against systematic racism and police violence across the country and around the world. The protests are ongoing. A white police officer had pressed his knee almost nine minutes in the back of the neck of the lying on the ground man – despite his repeated requests, to let him breathe. The policeman and three of the operation as participating colleagues were dismissed, arrested and charged. Floyd had been arrested because of suspicion to have a fake 20-Dollar bill in paid, fixed. He had been a rack on Tuesday.
U.S. military bases to KEEP the NAME of THEIR “HERO”
Trump made it clear on Wednesday on Twitter that his Administration would not agree to any Change in the names of up to ten vertices of the military, such as Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Hood in Texas or Fort Benning in Georgia. Among other things, the civilian chief of the army, Ryan McCarthy, had been shown previously open to discuss it. “This is a monumental and very powerful support points have become part of a great American heritage and a history of winning, victory and freedom,” wrote Trump.
Trump called the facilities “sacred sites” in which “heroes” formed had been. “That is why my government will not even think about the renaming of this magnificent and legendary military facilities.” In America’s history as the “greatest Nation in the world”, which had won two world wars, will not be shaken. Trump called for respect for the military.
It is a question of bases, which are named after military leaders of the Confederate States. The confederates had fought in the American civil war (1861-1865) against the North and against the abolition of slavery and against more rights for Black people fought back.
DEMOCRATS SHAKE STATUES IN the CAPITOL
for the same reason, the speaker of the house of representatives, the Democrat Nancy Pelosi demanded the removal of statues in the Capitol in Washington. They represent eleven soldiers and representatives of the Confederate States, to embody, but in the opinion of Pelosi, the highest Ideals of the United States. “Your statues are a tribute to the hate, not the heritage,” she wrote in a letter to the competent authority of the Congress. The proposal is not entirely new: as early as 2017 Pelosi called for their removal.
COLUMBUS WITHOUT a HEAD
Meanwhile, beheaded Unknown, according to local media reports, a Statue of Christopher Columbus in a Park in the East coast city of Boston. After the incident in the night of Wednesday, mayor Marty Walsh announced that the Rest of the monument dismantle. Also in Richmond (Virginia) was overthrown, according to the TV channel NBC 12, a monument to Christopher Columbus, was set on fire and into a lake thrown in.
Columbus was one of the first Europeans in the so-called New world and is often referred to as the discoverer of America. Historians and civil rights activists criticize him for his violent behaviour towards the indigenous people of the Americas and crucial to have the TRANS-Atlantic slave trade contributed to the.
“THE wind” FROM THE PROGRAM
The US streaming provider HBO max caused a stir with the announcement of the film classic “gone with The wind” to take for the time being out of the program. The to Warner, the Media company wanted to put the Film for explanations of the racial prejudice and the problematic representation of slavery to the side, said a spokesman. “He will be taken up with an explanation of its historical context and in distancing himself from the racist portrayals in the program again,” it said, according to “Hollywood Reporter” in a Statement of the company.
gone with The wind is released in 1939 and tells the story of the mistress Scarlett O’hara in the U.S. southern States during the civil war. Even after the abolition of slavery, several African-American characters volunteer and loyal to Scarlett’s family, issues of slavery are not discussed in the classics.
NASCAR WITHOUT the war flag of THE CONFEDERACY
The popular Motorsport series, Nascar ban on Wednesday on the future use of the war flag of the confederates during their races. “The presence of the Confederate flag at Nascar events is contrary to our commitment to providing an inclusive environment for all of our Fans, attendees, and our industry,” it said in a statement. The only African-American Nascar driver Bubba Wallace had spoken only a few days ago for such a ban.
PLANS FOR police reform
According to the Democrats, the White house announced plans for a police reform. President Donald Trump has spent the past ten days, to work on proposals that had been considered in the case of the protests after Floyd’s death, said spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany. We hope that the plans in the coming days to present. A bill the Democrats in Congress would not agree to Trump it.
reason is that it foresees a reduction of the immunity of police officers. “That would cause the police to withdraw,” said McEnany. You acknowledge that there is injustice in the country. “But this President knows that, in principle, most of the police officers in this country are good.” The Democrats want to achieve, among other things, an easier prosecution when police misconduct. Police violence is also due to the increased use of body cameras to combat. Controversial methods such as the bars should be banned in firmly.
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