Ransoming a Confederate Monument

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Good morning. ⛅️ Today, how Ancient Romans exoticized foreigners, an anti-racist group stole a Confederate monument from a Selma cemetery, and reviews of Laura Aguilar and Ben Sakoguchi. — Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

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A stone chair dedicated to Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederacy, has been taken from the Old Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, Alabama (image by and courtesy White Lies Matter)

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