Taylor Swift has called for the permanent removal of statues of historical racist figures that are still standing across Tennessee.The pop star asked the Capitol Commission and the Tennessee Historical Commission to “consider the implications of how hurtful it would be to continue fighting for these monuments” in a series of tweets.“As a Tennessean, it makes me sick that there are monuments standing in our state that celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things,” Swift wrote.
She continued to speak specifically of two statues of Edward Carmack and Nathan Bedford Forrest, who she called “DESPICABLE figures” who “should be treated as such.As a Tennessean, it makes me sick that there are monuments standing in our state that.
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