CHARLOTTE CEO SAYS TAKE DOWN CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS (STOP RACISM & DIVISION)

CHARLOTTE, NC CEO SAYS TAKE DOWN CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS:

RIC ELIAS OF RED VENTURES AGREES WITH NC GOV ROY COOPER.

TAKE THEM DOWN.

CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS DON'T REPRESENT REAL HISTORY.

IT'S IDOL WORSHIP OF DEAD PEOPLE WHO ENDORSED DESTROYING & HATING HUMAN BEINGS BASED ON SKIN COLOR.

STOP WORSHIPPING DEAD PEOPLE WHO CELEBRATED SLAVERY AND RACISM SO OUR NATION CAN FINALLY HEAL.

REMOVE ALL PUBLIC SYMBOLS OF RACISM & DIVISION.


Sources: Charlotte Observer, Ted Talks, WWAY, Yahoo News, Youtube


***** It’s time to remove Confederate statues, Red Ventures CEO says


One of Charlotte’s most prominent executives has spoken out in support of removing Confederate monuments from public property.

Minutes after President Donald Trump bemoaned the removal of “our beautiful” Confederate statues on Twitter Thursday, Red Ventures CEO Ric Elias took to Twitter himself to voice support for N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper, who said that Confederate statues should be removed from state grounds.

“Leaders cannot leave room for hate and bigotry to poison our communities. Thank you, Governor, for doing what’s right,” Elias tweeted.

A Red Ventures spokeswoman said the company had no additional comment.

Cooper’s proposal came a day after a crowd in Durham toppled a Confederate statue outside the old Durham County courthouse earlier this week. Such monuments, however, are protected by a 2015 law, and North Carolina’s Republican-controlled General Assembly has shown no signs of changing the law.

In fact, Republican Senate leader Phil Berger wrote in a column Thursday that “an impulsive decision” to pull down monuments wouldn’t be wise.

North Carolina’s 2015 law prohibiting the removal of Confederate monuments was passed after the Confederate flag over the South Carolina statehouse was removed following the race-based murders of nine people at a Charleston church.

Elias has been vocal about social issues in the past.
Last year, for instance, Elias was fiercely opposed to House Bill 2, the now-repealed controversial measure that limited legal protections for LGBT people.

The bill, he warned, put a large-scale expansion of his marketing and technology firm at risk.

Citing HB2, Elias also gave employees extra time off to vote last fall. The privately held company employs more than 2,800.

Red Ventures is headquartered just over the state line in Indian Land, but the company was founded in Charlotte and still has offices in the city. Many Red Ventures employees, including Elias himself, also live in Charlotte.

It’s unclear whether Elias’s support of Cooper will prompt other executives across the state to voice their opinion on the Confederate statue matter. If they do, it wouldn’t be the first time business leaders have used their platform to affect social change.

The Charlotte Executive Leadership Council, a group of executives headed by Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good, last year came out against HB2, and played a role in helping to broker a compromise that ultimately repealed the bill.

A Duke Energy spokesman said that the council “is going to remain focused on its core mission of education and workforce development,” and declined to comment beyond that.

CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS COME DOWN, CHARLOTTESVILLE RACEWAR DEBUNKED (NIKKI HALEY)

CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS COME DOWN, CHARLOTTESVILLE RACEWAR DEBUNKED:

IT'S TIME TO REMOVE ALL PUBLIC SYMBOLS OF RACISM & DIVISION IN THIS NATION.

TAKE THEM DOWN.


It's about time America's 21st century leaders continue what former SC Gov Nikki Haley started in 2015 when she encouraged SC State House leaders to remove a Confederate flag from the State House grounds after the deadly shooting (SACRIFICE) of 9 innocent Black American citizens by Dylan Roof.

Following a recent incident in Charlottesville, Virginia which resulted in the Murder of one Civil Rights protester and serious injuries of several more Civil Rights Protestors, Confederate monuments are now being toppled all over this nation.

The possibility of a horrible RACE WAR was clearly on the horizon but for the removal of those Confederate monuments i.e., Evil ancient symbols of RACISM and DIVISION.

Thank God!

It's About Time!

TAKE THEM DOWN



Sources: ABC News, CNN, YouTube


**** Before questioning statue removal, Trump supported taking down Confederate flag


At Tuesday's combative press conference in Trump Tower, President Trump questioned the removal of statues of Confederate leaders, but at the start of his presidential campaign, Trump publicly expressed his approval of South Carolina's decision to remove the Confederate battle flag from the State Capitol.

“I would take it down, yes,” said Trump in June 2015 at his first news conference following the declaration of his presidential candidacy. “I think they should put it in the museum... respect whatever it is you have to respect because it was a point in time.”

The long-running debate over whether the Confederate flag should be flown over the South Carolina State House arose again after nine people were fatally shot in the historically black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in a racially charged killing.

Then-South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who is now serving in Trump’s Cabinet as the United States’ ambassador to the United Nations, ultimately decided to order the removal of the flag on July 9, 2015.

Trump argued Tuesday that taking down the statue of Robert E. Lee, a civil war general who fought to keep slavery intact, would be “changing history.” A protest of the monument's removal spurred the white nationalist rally that ultimately turned violent Saturday.

“You’re changing culture,” Trump said during the news conference at Trump Tower Tuesday.

Asked whether statues of Lee should remain in place in the U.S., the president said the situation was one that should be handled on a case-by-case basis, depending on the location of the monument.

"I would say that's up to a local town, community, or the federal government, depending on where it is located," he said.

Trump then characterized removing Confederate memorials as a slippery slope, equating Lee to American Founding Fathers George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, who both owned slaves.

“George Washington was a slave owner…. So will George Washington now lose his status? ... Are we going to take down statues to George Washington?” Trump wondered.

“How about Thomas Jefferson?” Trump asked. “... Because he was a major slave owner. Now, are we going to take down his statue?”

Trump later added, “So, this week it’s Robert E. Lee, I notice that Stonewall Jackson is coming down, I wonder is it George Washington next week? Is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You have to ask yourself, where does it stop?”