Orleans a few years ago and his argument was essentially that you know we are a melting pot as a city and we really celebrate that but we should not force our citizens to look up to have to look up at you know monuments of confederate soldiers whose goal was to uphold slavery and this is a thing certainly a traumatic experience for someone to see and someone especially someone of color will inevitably see that and wonder well am i actually in a place where i belong culturally does this place actually represent my values if its willing to you know have a monument that celebrates my ancestors and slave meds and i think that culturally and psychologically it is important to make sure that those kinds of monuments do not remain are going to those those that using money means came down after a Broad Community discussion correct sure because they would see this is well you know i have no attachment to confederate statues and monuments 0 i dont i simply dont i was born that outside boston mas
A melting pot as a city and we really celebrate that but we should not force our citizens to look up to have to look up at you know monuments of confederate soldiers whose goal was to uphold slavery and this is a thing certainly a traumatic experience for someone to see and someone especially someone of color will inevitably see that and wonder well am i actually in a place where i belong culturally does this place actually represent my values if its willing to you know have a monument that celebrates my ancestors and slaves meds and i think that culturally and psychologically it is important to make sure that those kinds of monuments do not remain are going to those those that are using 90 minutes came down after a Broad Community discussion correct sure because they would see this is well you know i have no attachment to confederate statues and monuments 0 i dont i simply dont i was born that outside boston massachusetts ok and so i dont have that kind of. On the ground cultural hist
And welcome to cross top where all things are considered im Peter Lavelle the primary purpose of history is to understand the past as a guide to understanding the present and future history should not be seen as feelgood nostalgia because a lot of history is painful and shame so how should we find the right now is statue side the right answer. Statue site im joined by my guest cleo voluntary in new york she is founder of the company there have been champion which teaches social Emotional Learning in schools as well as diversity and inclusion in companies and Government Agencies and yet in las vegas we crossed out of our it he is an assistant professor of africanamerican and now for diaspora studies at the university of nevada las vegas all right cross up rules in effect that means you can shop and how you want rouse appreciate greatly let me go to you in new york how does taking down statues and we can talk about which ones change the condition of. People of color in the United States
A south bay pet owner says her young pup died after what should have been a routine grooming. She says petco is responsible. Tonight a special group of students graduates high school. Well explain the struggles they over came and the message they have for the community. Im Cornell Bernard in the north bay. New trains, more stops and less waiting time for passengers. It could be a game changer with the smart train. Abc 7 news starts right now. That breaking news tonight comes in the shooting degs of five people in orinlda on halloween night. Federal agents have now linked a gun seized to other deaths in the bay area. The atf is also offering a adg to arrests or convictions in the orinda case. Tonights announcement follows the decision by prosecutors to release five men arrested in connection with the shooting. They were captured in raids around the bay area last week. Developing news out of san jose, police have surrounded a home they believe a suspect might be barricaded inside. The sc
Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question whats brewing in heartland america are classic republican strongholds going wobbly and are democrats poised to turn a lot of red states blue lets get to the bottom line. Many local elections were held across the United States last week and both parties found reason to celebrate virginia turned from red to blue and as a sign that times are changing to muslim women were elected to Public Office in that state elsewhere republicans held their ground and even made some gains so is there a National Trend here or there are just too many unknowns like impeachment which is going to get really big this week and the lack of a democratic challenger to face donald trump but were fortunate today because we have 3 people in this room who just have all the answers. Who want to seat on the school board of Fairfax County virginia just became the youngest elected official in the States History channel king a strategist for the Republican Party is cofounder of spe