'For too long, they have generated harm': the fight to remove offensive monuments in New York

A 500-strong petition asks to remove four statues in Manhattan that artists and academics see as support for white supremacyThis summer, a series of Confederate monuments were torn down in Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, Texas and Louisiana after the death of a civil rights activist at a far-right protest in Charlottesville. It looks like New York City might be next.Related: 'This is surreal': descendants of slaves and slaveowners meet on US plantationRelated: The rise in art protests: how th