John Oliver on Taking Down Confederate Monuments (Video)
The "Last Week Tonight" host argues that removing the racist symbols is a way to come to terms with American history.
In the video above, John Oliver provides some historical context for the ongoing debate over Confederate statues, and argues that taking down these racist symbols is actually a way to come to terms with American history, not erasing it.
The “Last Week Tonight” host also offers some “replacement monuments,” including a living one for Charleston, S.C., the city where the first free public library in the U.S. was erected and where fellow “Daily Show” veteran Stephen Colbert happened to have grown up.
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