Whitewashing may be the most accurate term ever to describe the Republican scheme in Virginia to declare April "Confederate History Month." Honoring the Confederacy without including slavery is like mentioning Jim Jones without the whole mass suicide thing.Gov. McDonnell finally did the right thing today by apologizing and also included a strong condemnation of Virginia's history and its role in fighting against the government of the United States of America. It's worth mentioning that by 1860 Virginia had over half a million slaves. Almost half the total population of the state (48% to be exact) was enslaved. The Virginians who fought against the American government did so to ensure that blacks would remain in chains. You can't just pretend it never happened.
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