That's where I discovered our connection Robert E. Lee. After reading my friend's comment, I took a breath and went back to look at the Robert E. Lee connection. She was the literal beneficiary of the Jim Crow legacy, regardless of her personal life story and experiences. As Serwer notes, Lee was a convenient symbol of the supposed “reconciliation” between North and South that made Jim Crow possible. I benefitted from the rewrite of Robert E. Lee's legacy and that benefit stays with me to this day.

Source: Huffington Post August 14, 2017 00:56 UTC