Don Lemon: People should 'unlearn' Civil War 'propaganda' to understand movement to take down Confederate statues

CNN anchor Don Lemon suggested part of the reason some have recoiled at the nationwide movement to take down Confederate monuments is based on the “propaganda” they were taught in school about the Civil War.

“We are trying to put history in the right context. We’re trying to get you to understand that a lot of what you’ve been taught in history has been propaganda,” Lemon said on Monday. “And some things, you need to unlearn so that you can become a better citizen and that the promise of what America is is available to all. Why not have the mindset of, ‘Well, maybe we should be taking down some of these statues’?”