The problem with our Confederate statues (or "art") is that they often subconsciously plague racist proselytes, exploit racist pride among them (at the expense of black people, people of color), by keeping racist (i.e., Confederate) images in show and in public. This "art" -- stone statues of leaders who wanted to retain slavery and inflict bondage -- sends the wrong message to people. Remember, too, in our history, dark skin became synonymous with slavery and degradation and white, with freedom and success. Many people today are still obsessed with these contrived categories and artificial racial differences. Keeping these statues in public and in show does nothing that has not been well prepared and thought out beforehand by racist ideologists and KKK people 80 years ago. It is time that we remove the art of these racists from public parks.