Bill Lee to declare this past Saturday “Nathan Bedford Forrest Day” to commemorate the Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader. Lee’s refusal to call for changing the law and the fact that Tennessee still celebrates Forrest are a stark reminder that white supremacy is alive and well. But for everyone else, Lee’s declaration is just another reminder that white supremacy is deeply entrenched in American society. They also could not escape the reality that their desire to maintain the status quo was fueled by a desire to maintain white supremacy. And they did so in the name of white supremacy and often under the banner of the Confederate flag.

Source: Washington Post July 15, 2019 09:56 UTC