Gabriel Arana
For an outsider, the Confederate cult in Texas is very shocking. My ancestors were racist, too. Let’s not celebrate them. https://www.texasobserver.org/chinese-immigrants-confederate-monuments-racism-history/ @TexasObserver
My Great-Grandfather Was a Racist

Once we take down Confederate statues, Texans must still grapple with monsters in the past.

The Texas Observer
Sep 4, 2023 at 5:44pmWeb
Show threadPeter PrincipleSep 4, 2023
@gabrielarana A big part of the problem is that the Confederacy lost the war but won the peace.
Show threadGabriel AranaSep 4, 2023
@jobsboils They went straight to Jim Crow to say the least.
Show threadPeter PrincipleSep 4, 2023
@gabrielarana It was the first "culture war." And the South won: Thus "Birth of a Nation," and "Gone With the Wind."
Show threadSometimes BabsSep 4, 2023
@gabrielarana @TexasObserver This essay is dead on.
Show threadGabriel AranaSep 5, 2023
@babadeuce @TexasObserver Thank you Barbara!
Show threadpetes_bread_eqn_xlsSep 4, 2023

@gabrielarana @TexasObserver

“Every assertion of Texas identity must come with a “but.” “

Applicable to so many more identities. It’s not easy to reconcile family/history and self. Thank you for sharing this.