Best quote of the article: He pointed out that knocking over a statue will not "close the wealth gap," "give a kid whose parent's can't afford a college money to go to college," "close the labor gap between what white workers are paid and what black workers are paid" or "take people off welfare or food stamps." YES!!
The problem as been highlighted by many on CNN to their credit when asked about this has been, OK Fine we are happy you finally feel the same as us over Confederate statues and stuff but what good is it if you take them all down and then go back home all smug thinking you changed anything if that is all you do? So naturally statues were taken down by young clueless and most importantly, POWERLESS people to feel good but with no power for real instututional change.