Could the word “Vance” on the Vance Monument be covered with a new inscription: Black Lives Matter?
— Paul King
Weaverville
Letter: A new meaning for the Vance Monument
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So like inscribing the words “white lives matter” on a monument to Dr. Martin Luther King? Name one white dude who supported slavery who ever did anything else of importance in their life? Just one…I’ll wait.
George Washington? Thomas Jefferson? Patrick Henry?
I think the monument should be re-inscribed with the names of any human being bought or sold at the Asheville slave market.
All racists, incapable of rising above the thought of his time and place, and willing to profit from slave labor. Next?