CNN anchor Abby Phillip condemned President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for their decisions to rename ships honoring civil rights icons like Harvey Milk and Harriet Tubman while potentially honoring Confederate figures. Phillip, alongside a panel of guests, expressed outrage over the continuing erasure of leaders of color and women from American history. The discussion highlighted Trump's previous defenses of Confederate monuments, revealing a troubling trend of undervaluing contributions of marginalized groups in favor of glorifying Confederate legacies.
Is the idea just that if you are a woman, if you are a person of color in American history, you don't get remembered or recorded on a ship. But if you are a Confederate traitor to this country, you do.
I would argue, thinking about the warrior ethos, particularly Harriet Tubman, I mean, this is someone who I think really embodies what you would want in a warrior.
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