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"The Rise and Fall of Confederate Statues," colleges and universities across the country are trying to decide what to do about statues, buildings, and other items that memorialize figures from the Confederacy during the Civil War or people who may for other reasons be controversial. Do you think the removal of such items serves as a kind of reparation of past atrocities or bigoted ideologies, or are such gestures useless in helping to make up for past wrongs? Explain your answer using references from the article.