Ian Mercer | Auburn student

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | SB 129

As an English major at Auburn University, I can’t help but feel disturbed by the way that Alabama has treated the study of English. Alabama is a state that has defined itself by a refusal to let go of the past. Confederate flags, statues, and self-justifying narratives have been constantly defended using the reasoning that they represent “our history.” In closing our minds to these topics, Alabama is dooming itself to perpetuate the deleterious social and economic effects of its racism.