A recent AP news article published by USA Today, Liberty Bell monument to honor slaves, tells us that a new Liberty Bell monument being built in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will include a commemoration for the slaves that were quartered with President Washington when the capital of the US was there between 1790 and 1800.

This so-called accomplishment engineered by black groups in the US is a step backwards in the continued struggle for equal rights and the destruction of bigotry between white and black Americans. Anyone who has grown up in the US knows that prominent white businessmen had slaves. It's an undisputed fact. Why do we constantly need to be reminded of something that the generations living today had no control over? It's so they can continue to play the role of the impoverished and oppressed race and leverage it for political and financial gain.

Pockets of white/black bigotry continue to exist in many areas of the US. This new monument to slavery does nothing but reinforce it. The US already has enough reminders of black slavery to last for generations to come. This particular reminder is designed solely to preserve hatred.