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Ford said senators should get involved in anniversary commemorations to encourage understanding, to prevent misinformation and the spread of hatred.
“If people died, and we’re going to have this celebration, I want everybody in South Carolina to be united on it, to understand each other, to talk to each other,” said the 62-year-old New Orleans native. “Don’t be just mean-spirited. Be willing to talk to your white colleagues. Be willing to talk to your black colleagues. Be willing to go to the schools and talk to students, say, listen, we’ve got to move forward from what you think happened between 1861 and 1865.”
An NAACP spokesman is calling him a “Confederate apologist.” I think that’s quite an overstatement, but maybe that’s just me. Anyway, check out the news story and see what you think.
Past in the Present 