Manual advises how to stop removal of Confederate statues: don't mention race

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Similarly, on the question of renaming schools or changing mascots, the document points out that "mascots for public schools are decided by school boards.
44% : The document follows Ashe in arguing that the war was not primarily about slavery, but driven by anger at taxes imposed by a Congress dominated by northern politicians, and a fear not about the dissolution of slavery per se, but because emancipation would "devastate the capital infrastructure" in the south.
40% : Black Lives Matter anti-racism protests, which frequently target such statues as memorials to racism and slavery.
35% : Elsewhere, the document instructs, "Do stay on topic", warning that "veering into a discussion of taxes, race, political parties/candidates, legislation in other areas, even slavery is a great risk."

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