The scholarly article published in Teaching Tolerance, ‘Black Educators, Black Students, Stonewall Jackson School’ by Ferguson (2019) elaborates on the racial “civil war” that has stretch to the education sector as there is a relationship between “African American teachers and student” with the school’s name. Besides, the author illustrates that his research has proven that “black educators” have developed tension when confronting vestiges of American origin and supremacy. “That is why I recently conducted a study through Marshall University that illustrates the tension to black educators across the country grapple with when confronting vestiges of white supremacy disguised as nostalgia” (Ferguson, 2019, pg. 1). Ferguson (2019) reveals that “black American teachers” were associated with institutions that were named after “Confederates”. The author uses other personal alterations to strongly support his argument on the revival and transformation of the racial civil war in education. For example, he acknowledges the ethical attributes that the “African American” shows towards the “white Americans” after experiencing the civil war. Despite having routine duties in the “Confederates schools”, he proposes the renaming of these schools citing its importance racial unity enhancement.
The article published in the book “American Now” by Ernest B. Furgurson “The end of history” initiates the racial civil war debates making arguments that I find less convincing. Although he acknowledges the various cultural practices the “confederates” practiced that needed abolition, he raises unworthy and less convincing concerns on the confederate history in a mockery way that promotes the emergence of the civil war. “Saying all this and considering my ancestors, I might be shrugged off as just another rearguard Rebel. I qualify four times over for membership in the Sons of Confederate Veterans, vigorous defenders of their heritage and its symbols” (Furgurson, 2015, pg. 108). This argument not only drives hate but also mock the “sons of confederate” thus going against the ethical values of racial civil war unity.