Down with monuments

Monuments to Civil War heroes are being removed, covered, pulled down, and in most cases, justifiable so in cities of very different racial complexity than when they were erected. Civil War generals, the Canadian MacDonald, Christopher Columbus and even Washington and Jefferson are called into question.

As these scenarios unfold, though, these actions must be accompanied by opportunities for genuine dialogue aimed at changing hearts, or else they become, in the end, simply feel-good exercises.