Why Robert E. Lee's Direct Descendent Supports Taking Down His Ancestor's Statue

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'Being related to the person whose statue has been used not only in Richmond but in other places as a sign of, as uplifting the cause of white supremacy rhetoric and action-I could not sit idly by and allow people to use that.' Robert W. Lee IV is the great-great-great-great nephew of the confederate war general Robert E. Lee. He wants to see monuments dedicated to his ancestor taken down. 'I think our statues say a lot more about what we value rather than what we can learn.'



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Robert E. Lee
white supremacy
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black lives matter movement