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Taylor Swift Can't Stand 'Racist Historical' Monuments in Tennessee: 'Villains Don't Deserve Statues'

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Taylor Swift sounded off in a Twitter thread today (June 12) about the state of two specific Confederate monuments in her home state of Tennessee.

She said the statues of Edward Carmack and Nathan Bedford Forrest, which have been torn down and attempted to be removed, respectively, "celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things." Swift called on Capitol Commission and the Tennessee Historical Commission to permanently remove these monuments as the first small step to redefining the state's history, one she believes would welcome and support all kinds of visitors as well as Black Tennesseans. "Taking down statues isn’t going to fix centuries of systemic oppression, violence and hatred that black people have had to endure but it

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