Who else thinks that a lot of good would have been done if Sherman had destroyed every city in the south and destroyed every vestige of its racist heritage? (which still continues to this day)
2007-05-21 16:18:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Not even with a ten-foot pole ....
2007-05-21 16:26:45 · answer #1 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While I see your point, I am unable to agree with your conclusions. Sherman could have burned absolutely everything south of the Mason-Dixon line if he liked, but he still could not have eliminated racism, because it lived in the hearts of the people, not in their buildings.
His famous march was simply an effort to put into effect a scorched earth policy to help bring the Confederacy to its knees. He wasn't trying to erase racism, he was trying to erase their ability to fight by burning their food supplies and bases of operation.
The racism which continues to this day also lives on not in buildings, but in the hearts and minds of hateful people. There's no way to get rid of it. The best we can hope for is that people who hate will fail to successfully pass it on to their children.
2007-05-22 00:59:21 · answer #2 · answered by Bronwen 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, at least not until the war was ended. But you can't kill racism by burning a few cities.
2007-05-22 10:42:14 · answer #3 · answered by Bob Mc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋