Mastodawn

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

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

The Texas Observer

@gabrielarana A big part of the problem is that the Confederacy lost the war but won the peace.

@jobsboils They went straight to Jim Crow to say the least.

@gabrielarana It was the first "culture war." And the South won: Thus "Birth of a Nation," and "Gone With the Wind."

“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.