A black Confederate flag waver illustrates the absurdity of these monuments

By Jarvis DeBerry, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on December 11, 2015 at 11:42 AM, updated December 11, 2015 at 12:12 PM

... even some black Mississippians had voted to keep the same state flag, telling reporters that they found the banner that included the Confederate battle flag prettier than the proposed alternative. I figured the NAACP president was as good a person as any to explain such voters.

Mfume said ... "Most of us are average ... We've got a few geniuses – and a liberal sprinkling of fools" ...

... Why should a city where most people are black continue to honor historical figures who would not have honored them? Why should a majority black city keep on pedestals people who championed black people's continued degradation and enslavement? ...

... In an 1811 uprising that started in LaPlace, about 200 enslaved men killed two white planters, spared their wives and children, burned their plantations and collected their weapons and ammunition. They were on the march to New Orleans where they hoped to join forces with black people in the city. Why haven't the "All History Matters" people recommended statues for the 11 known leaders of that revolt ...

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/12/city_council_confederate.html