Problématiques autour des statues de soldats confédérés aux Etats-Unis - Issues surrounding statues of Confederate soldiers in the US

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Devoir sous forme de dissertation (intro, axes, conclusion) sur la problématique que soulève la sauvegarde ou le déboulonnement de statues de soldats confédérés aux Etats-Unis, ainsi que les enjeux ethniques et sociaux.Point de vue neutre.

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[...] Robert Lee was no general; he was a slave-owning traitor who led thousands to their deaths in a rebellion to defend the subjugation of blacks. To conclude, in my opinion, these statues should be throw away, and stop being a symbol of pride for the Confederate States because they are mostly the ghost of a colonial and degrading past for the black community and the message that they are inferior and submissive in front of the whites. After all the road traveled since the 1970s, and the struggle for civil rights, I think the next step is to remove them. [...]

[...] Out of respect for this community, I think it would be a great step forward to remove these statues and recognize that systemic racism does exist and that it must be fought from the bottom up, starting with the removal of those statues that are so much debated. I also think that it is not necessary to destroy them because they represent a large part of our history. We can't just make them disappear and pretend that nothing happened. Because it did happen, slavery, humiliating treatment and submission, did happen. But relegating them to a museum, no longer as a symbol of pride but as a simple and neutral witness of history would be the best way to treat these statues. [...]

[...] First, the history background is tight. Indeed, Confederate soldiers fought against Union soldiers, supported by President Lincoln. The Confederate states, located in the southwestern United States, were slave holding states, fighting to continue the practice. Unlike the Unionists, who believed in the abolition of slavery. Despite the defeat of the Confederate soldiers and their generals, statues were erected at the end of the 19th century in their honor in the Confederate States. It is these statues that are now the subject of debate. [...]