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Black woman drives to New Orleans to make sure ‘Jefferson Davis lives to see another day’
Posted on 4/27/17 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 4/27/17 at 2:23 pm
“It’s about being on the right side of history" WGNO
If you drove down Jeff Davis Parkway or Canal Street near the monument, you likely saw Arlene Barnum standing in front of Jefferson Davis, wearing a Confederate flag T-shirt and waving a large Confederate flag.
Barnum is a black woman who lives in Oklahoma, but is from Desoto Parish. She was visiting north Louisiana this week when she heard about the Liberty Place monument coming down overnight in secrecy and heavily guarded.
Like many in New Orleans and around the country, Barnum has strong opinions on the Confederate monument controversy. Unlike many black people, Barnum is here because she wants the monuments to stay.
“I felt I needed to be at the (monument) for Jefferson Davis because he was the one and only president of the Confederate States of America,” she explains. “He’s the most significant of all the monuments to be taken down.”
Barnum says her race has nothing to do with her support of the Confederacy.
NOFD taking heat after photos surface online of firefighters helping remove Liberty Place monument
“It’s about being on the right side of history,” she says.
Asked what she hopes to achieve with her trip to the monument, Barnum says she’ll “stay out until the sun comes up to make sure Jefferson Davis lives to see another day.”
If you drove down Jeff Davis Parkway or Canal Street near the monument, you likely saw Arlene Barnum standing in front of Jefferson Davis, wearing a Confederate flag T-shirt and waving a large Confederate flag.
Barnum is a black woman who lives in Oklahoma, but is from Desoto Parish. She was visiting north Louisiana this week when she heard about the Liberty Place monument coming down overnight in secrecy and heavily guarded.
Like many in New Orleans and around the country, Barnum has strong opinions on the Confederate monument controversy. Unlike many black people, Barnum is here because she wants the monuments to stay.
“I felt I needed to be at the (monument) for Jefferson Davis because he was the one and only president of the Confederate States of America,” she explains. “He’s the most significant of all the monuments to be taken down.”
Barnum says her race has nothing to do with her support of the Confederacy.
NOFD taking heat after photos surface online of firefighters helping remove Liberty Place monument
“It’s about being on the right side of history,” she says.
Asked what she hopes to achieve with her trip to the monument, Barnum says she’ll “stay out until the sun comes up to make sure Jefferson Davis lives to see another day.”
Posted on 4/27/17 at 2:25 pm to LSUaFOOL
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It’s about being on the right side of history,
Wtf does this even mean?
Posted on 4/27/17 at 2:28 pm to Masterag
Somebody toss this woman a coat made of the finest furr!!!!
Posted on 4/27/17 at 2:36 pm to Masterag
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Wtf does this even mean?
If you don't know, it probably can't be explained to you. How about you just ponder this: The Taliban removed, blew up, and destroyed historical symbols they did not agree with. Don't be like the Taliban.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 2:40 pm to troyt37
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If you don't know, it probably can't be explained to you. How about you just ponder this: The Taliban removed, blew up, and destroyed historical symbols they did not agree with. Don't be like the Taliban.
that is a perfect analogy!
Posted on 4/27/17 at 3:02 pm to Masterag
quote:it means liberal brainwashing through rhetoric is an effective strategy
It’s about being on the right side of history,
Wtf does this even mean?
Posted on 4/27/17 at 3:03 pm to LSUaFOOL
Alot of blacks fought for our South, and bless them
Posted on 4/27/17 at 3:20 pm to Masterag
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Wtf does this even mean?
It means that you can't just erase the parts of history you don't agree with. Black history is tied to southern history, the good and the bad of it. You can't erase parts of it without erasing the foundations of the black experience and history. How does the story of slavery get told without the Civil War? It would be like trying to discuss the Civil Rights era without mentioning segregation and Jim Crow.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 3:23 pm to LSUaFOOL
A person that understands HISTORY.
This post was edited on 4/27/17 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 4/27/17 at 3:33 pm to cajunangelle
and what do you NOLA people say about people from North LA
Posted on 4/27/17 at 3:46 pm to troyt37
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quote:
Wtf does this even mean?
If you don't know, it probably can't be explained to you. How about you just ponder this: The Taliban removed, blew up, and destroyed historical symbols they did not agree with. Don't be like the Taliban.
Similar to the Nazi's burning books in the 30's.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 3:56 pm to LSUaFOOL
Props to this woman for being a good person, thinking for herself, and not allowing sheep mentality peer pressure to get to her.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 4:18 pm to cajunangelle
She is toting an ANV Battle Flag.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 4:23 pm to LSUaFOOL
Confederate Monuments Matter!
Posted on 4/27/17 at 4:32 pm to LSUaFOOL
She sounds like a completely sane person.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 4:34 pm to cwill
she probably has more sense, common, humor-- or other wise, than you do.
Posted on 4/27/17 at 4:36 pm to LSUaFOOL
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Jefferson Davis
She wants to protect the statue of my direct ancestor.
Someone let her know there's a standing invitation for her to be an honorary member of our family.
(Libs don't try to turn this statement into a slave joke) I genuinely mean it.
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