Taylor Swift Calls On Tennessee to Remove Statues Symbolizing “Hideous Patterns of Racism”
Taylor Swift called on Tennessee politicians to take down statues that she said symbolize "hideous patterns of racism." In a statement posted to her Instagram account on Friday, the pop star asked the Capitol Commission and the Tennessee Historical Commission to "please consider the implications of how hurtful it would be to continue fighting for these monuments," some of which commemorate the work of members of the Ku Klux Klan and Confederate soldiers, according to The Tennessean. "As a Tennessean, it makes me sick that there are monuments standing in our state that celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things," Swift wrote.
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