## Metadata - Author: [[Elaine Castillo]] - Full Title: How to Read Now - Category: #books ## Highlights - Johnson doesn’t have to worry about the removal of these statues being tantamount to lying about history, or impoverishing the education of generations to come—those statues have done the work for him. But the truth is, what he really means is that the removal of those statues will impoverish the education of generations committed to a specific historical reading—a specific way of interpreting the world, which has benefited people like Johnson, Milligan, and the descendants of Confederate slaveowners: built their estates, solidified their wealth, educated them at Eton, put them in power, carved their statues. ([Location 1132](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B09G9BKYBD&location=1132))