Also in Northern Virginia, Robert E. Lee High School is being renamed in honor of the late Black civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis. U.S. Route 1, in Northern Virginia) seem to be the least of it, symbols of something much darker. But BLM signs sprouting on suburban lawns are no substitute for actions that might discomfort some in very material ways. ADAll those supportive yard signs increasingly part of the suburban landscape seem to signal a sea change in attitudes. But putting up signs and toppling statues are the easy parts.

Source: Washington Post August 28, 2020 13:07 UTC