bringing down controversial statues isn't bringing down history

Those who are asking for the statues of slave owners and racists to be removed from public places are not calling for an erosion of history.

They are urging that those who inspired social evils in the past not be given public prominence in the present, and be instead consigned to museums and the archival sections of libraries.

Countries develop when their histories are humane, just and inspiring. They fail when violence and injustice continually are part of their living histories.