Should New York City's 'Symbols of Hate' Be Reconsidered?

After the Charlottesville protests, New York City has vowed to take a closer look at “all symbols of hate on city property.” Harriet Senie, a member of the Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments and Markers, a public art scholar and a professor of art history at the City College of New York, discusses the city’s many statues and the complicated issue of memorialization.

"In this political climate, people are frustrated and feel a need to do something. Removing statues is a symbolic act, it will not eradicate racism," said Professor Senie.