The cancel culture is roaring across America and claiming new victims, while also prompting some overdue soul-searching. The debate has been going on since Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn,” but has now taken on new urgency. NASCAR, which has just one fulltime black driver, has just banned Confederate flags from its events. In Portsmouth, Va., protesters attacked a Confederate monument with spray paint and bolt cutters--as local officials and police looked on. I’ve long heard the arguments that these statues, monuments and street names are merely a matter of southern pride and heritage.

Source: Fox News June 12, 2020 06:56 UTC