Threats Over Civil War Days Investigated-- Part 4: Mr. Peterson's View: "Glorifying the White Man"

Matthew Evans said he was also taken aback by comments made by Ralph Peterson Jr. where he called for protests against the Civil War Days event.  Mr. Peterson is a self-acclaimed community activist.  He said that the "re-enactment was culturally insensitive and had no place in Lake County," and added that the spending of taxpayer money was an insult to him.

"The reenactment was just glorifying the white man.  It's whitewashing history to glorify the white man," and further the slaves were not really freed because of subsequent Jim Crow policies, a point also made by Kyle.

Evans says Peterson is racist for the comments.

Have you been able to guess what race Mr. Peterson is yet?  I looked him up on the internet, and found that Mr. Peterson is a black man.  Does Mr. Peterson know that a whole lot of the white men who fought and died in the war were fighting for the Union?  Also, as the war continued, a whole lot of the soldiers were also Blacks:  the USCT.  Wouldn't he want them honored?

What he meant to say is that he has a problem with re-enactors who play the part of Confederates.

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