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The rise and fall of America's monuments
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
The Capital Building Statue of Freedom
In the prologue to your book, smashing statues, aaron, there's a story you tell. It's kind of all about this and january sixth. The capital building statue of freedom is additionally ironic, not just in its design, but in its production. So what does it mean for our senators or congressmen to be going every day under a statute that represents freedom as applying only to white americans? I feel like that has some lingering effect. That’s not just decoration. That is a subconscious shaping of our world. And no wonder, again, that the invaders on january sixth felt comfortable there, because that is a space designed for people who believe that white
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