The Confederacy, as a political entity is gone, but the Confederacy is alive and well in spirit in America. America has always been a racist place. Even before Africans were brought to North America in 1619, white Europeans were engaged in brutal battles against native peoples. The native populations were enslaved, felled by disease, kil…
The Confederacy, as a political entity is gone, but the Confederacy is alive and well in spirit in America. America has always been a racist place. Even before Africans were brought to North America in 1619, white Europeans were engaged in brutal battles against native peoples. The native populations were enslaved, felled by disease, killed in battle, and outright murdered. The white Europeans viewed themselves as superior to native peoples and to Africans and their descendants born on this continent.
Some of the generals who were honored with naming "rights" were incompetent, such as Benjamin Bragg. Fort Bragg, now Fort Liberty, was named for such an incompetent. When I looked up the name, I was appalled that a major military installation would be named after a treasonous Confederate general. I was astounded that an incompetent general was chosen. Seriously, an incompetent officer was picked for such an honor????!!! Turns out he was an NC guy.
I didn't know the background story about Ft. Bragg. I grew up an hour away; the name Bragg had no meaning for me or lots of other people. It was just a name like Main Street. Hate causes people to do really stupid things.
The Confederacy, as a political entity is gone, but the Confederacy is alive and well in spirit in America. America has always been a racist place. Even before Africans were brought to North America in 1619, white Europeans were engaged in brutal battles against native peoples. The native populations were enslaved, felled by disease, killed in battle, and outright murdered. The white Europeans viewed themselves as superior to native peoples and to Africans and their descendants born on this continent.
Some of the generals who were honored with naming "rights" were incompetent, such as Benjamin Bragg. Fort Bragg, now Fort Liberty, was named for such an incompetent. When I looked up the name, I was appalled that a major military installation would be named after a treasonous Confederate general. I was astounded that an incompetent general was chosen. Seriously, an incompetent officer was picked for such an honor????!!! Turns out he was an NC guy.
I didn't know the background story about Ft. Bragg. I grew up an hour away; the name Bragg had no meaning for me or lots of other people. It was just a name like Main Street. Hate causes people to do really stupid things.