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The Confederacy was on the wrong side of history and humanity. It sought to tear apart our nation and subjugate our fellow Americans to slavery. This is the history we should never forget and one that we should never again put on a pedestal to be revered."

This book isn't just about the removal of the statues. This book is about race, class, and yes the removal of the monuments. It's historical references cover southern American history from the Civil War through 2018. So many quotes I could share...

“Treating the #cause and not just the symptom is important.”

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Part about being a person in the south and dealing with the history of race relations there. But mostly the story of a mayor who wants everyone to know what good he has done for his city. Landrieu comes from a political family, loves New Orleans, and has a lot to say about how the city recovered from Katrina. It read a little like a stump speech but I didn‘t mind.

Really, really, really enjoyed this book. From being a grad student in a policy program, I loved the governmental perspective on addressing this issue. What blew my mind was the level of security needed for the removal. I followed this story as it occurred but I guess I never realized the costs it took to have security for this entire event. Worth the read/listen.

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Super interesting perspective of how government officials have been trying to deal with the very media present issue of confederate history and racism in the south. Happy i got this on loan from the library!

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A bit meandering read of the history of Landrieu and of New Orleans. The parts of the aftermath of hurricane Katrina and the vitriol that he was exposed to in his efforts to take down the Confederate statues was interesting. President Obama had this one as a suggested read, and it was definitely surprising and disappointing. I‘m not a Southerner, but I really don‘t get the unwillingness to admit that slavery was the cause of the civil war.

"Across the state, bumper stickers started to crop up: Vote for the Crook. It's Important. Many people in Louisiana who could never imagine for Edwards, including Republicans, realized the disaster Louisiana faced should Duke win [the race for governor].

"Make America Great Again" carries a coded mantra: make America white again. David Duke crowed to that fiddle more than any politician I ever encountered until I watched the rise of Trump. He plays on fear of the other, on is versus them, which frankly I thought was done after we sent David Duke packing.

I keep staring at cornfields while reading books. Need cacti.

It‘s unfortunate that in a book where Landrieu puts forth some ideas of reconciliation that he goes so far into turning the book into a long campaign speech. I want to love the book but at the 2/3 point it‘s just cute and not as hard hitting as I had expected. It‘s starting to read like a campaign springboard.

For those of you who follow our former Reader-in-Chief‘s book recommendations, here are a few more. (This is part 2 of 3.)

In the Shadow of Statues has an 80% rating from your fellow Littens. Truth Decay has none.

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This is an excellent book about confronting the past even if it makes you uncomfortable and doing what is right in order to move on. I admire his fortitude in seeing this task through despite the opposition he faced. It is the right step towards reconciliation.

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Good stuff, hopefully this message will catch on in more cities across the south. Landrieu, while Mayor of New Orleans, took on the risky and politically costly task of removing confederate statues from positions of prominence as part of the city‘s 300th anniversary.