I’ve commonly heard in response to the removal of Columbus's statue is: 'Why not rip out pages from books too?'
The removal isn’t an attempt to erase history, rather to stop *celebrating* a figure that played a pivotal role in the continent's long history of exploitation of POC.

My grandpa even mentioned that when he was a child, it was common for people to leave flowers by the statue
If we fail to openly acknowledge much of our past as an injustice, it makes it difficult for us to move on as a people.

This isn’t a new conversation by any means. But also, SO WHAT if it is?
The events in the US has spiked conversations examining on race globally.