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Wiki's examples:

Reparations can take numerous forms, including practical measures such as affirmative action; individual monetary payments; settlements; scholarships and other educational schemes; systemic initiatives to offset injustices; or land-based compensation related to independence. Other types of reparations include apologies and acknowledgements of the injustices;[1] the removal of monuments and renaming of streets that honour enslavers and defenders of slavery; or naming a building after an enslaved person or someone connected with abolition.

I underlined what I disagree with; I bolded what I agree with.  But I need rednecks to be on board, so maybe remove the racist Lee statues and replace them with gun toting cowboys and bald eagles with a strapped AR 15 on their back.  Replace the confederate flag with a Harley Davidson Flag.

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I'm ok with removing confederate history if it means removing black history as well.
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I'm ok with removing confederate history if it means removing black history as well.
Removing statues isn’t removing history. We learn about history through books and documentaries, statues are statements of our ideals.
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I'm ok with removing confederate history if it means removing black history as well.
Confederate history is enslaving people.  FBA (Foundational Black American) history is freeing enslaved people.  I know which one I prefer since I believe in a meritocracy and that people should be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin.

But the right is the party of sadistic ideology.  The left is the party of reducing pain.  It's why the riight supports confederate statues being up; slavery brought pain.