Taylor Swift Speaks Out Against Confederate Monuments

As the statue of Jefferson Davis has been removed from Kentucky’s Capitol building, Taylor Swift has chimed in on other statues honoring “racist historical figures.”  She took to Twitter, demanding the removal of Confederate monuments in her adopted home state of Tennessee.

As a Tennessean, it makes me sick that there are monuments standing in our state that celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things. Edward Carmack and Nathan Bedford Forrest were DESPICABLE figures in our state history and should be treated as such.

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) June 12, 2020

In the 10-message thread, Taylor is particularly upset with officials vowing to replace the statue of newspaper editor Edward Carmack, which was torn down during recent protests.

We need to retroactively change the status of people who perpetuated hideous patterns of racism from ‘heroes’ to ‘villains.’ And villains don’t deserve statues.

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) June 12, 2020