My former high school is debating taking Robert Lee's name out of its name. As a civil war buff Ive read numerous books over my life which almost universally said that Lee wasnt necessarily a racist or huge fan of slavery, rather he was first and foremost a Virginian and supported the Confederacy on those grounds. Living in an ultra-liberal county the new dialogue that is coming forth is that he is a racist, a symbol of racism, and all the bad and trendy things that go along with it. I'm cool with that if its historically and factually sound - that being said it is not consistent with what Ive come to know for the majority of my adult life.