Taylor Swift to Tennessee commissions: Consider 'hurtful' implications of monuments

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Taylor Swift is calling on Tennessee's Historic Commission and Capitol Commission to "consider the implications" of the hurt caused by decisions to leave Confederate statues and monuments erected.

Despite resolutions from the Tennessee General Assembly to remove the monuments and Republican Governor Bill Lee's statement something should be done about the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest at the Capitol, a committee voted on Tuesday not to remove the bust.

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The Forrest bust has been criticized for years by activists, minority groups, and lawmakers given his history as a KKK leader and Confederate General. The State Historical Commission was unable to make a decision on the bust after a resolution for removal failed in the Naming, Designating and Private Acts Committee by a 5-11 vote.

Taylor Swift is not calling on the Capitol and Historic Commissions to "consider how hurtful it would be to continue fighting for these monuments." In a series of tweets on Friday, Swift added what the failure to remove the monuments means to black Tennesseans.

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"When you fight to honor racists, you show black Tennesseans and all of their allies where you stand, and you continue this cycle of hurt. You can’t change history, but you can change this," Swift stated. "We need to retroactively change the status of people who perpetuated hideous patterns of racism from ‘heroes’ to ‘villains.’ And villains don’t deserve statues."