"I decided to climb to the top of the Confederate soldiers statue and put the rope around its neck and throw the rope down to the crowd. And the crowd could decide if they wanted to pull it down or not. And I did this because the statue is a symbol of nationalism, and it’s a symbol of white nationalism. And the type of white nationalism I’m talking about is the type of white nationalism that is sending me death threats on Facebook. I’m talking about the type of white nationalist that, you know, has killed a woman in a protest," she said. "We’re talking about the type of white nationalism that would drive a car at high speeds into a crowd of women and children. And I think vestiges of that, and I think anything that emboldens those people and anything that gives those people pride, needs to be crushed in the same way that they want to crush black people and the other groups that they target."ActivistBree Newsome However, that doesn't mean Emma is busy looking for a partner. “I never believed the whole ‘I’m happy single’ spiel,” she shared. “I was like, ‘This is totally spiel.’ It took me a long time, but I’m very happy [being single]. I call it being self-partnered.” The book is part memoir, part manifesto, from the brother-sister survivors of the Parkland mass shooting on Valentine’s Day 2018. As a result of the shooting, both David and Lauren have become prominent gun-law activists and helped lead the movement that spawned the#NeverAgain hashtagtheMarch for Our Livesand now anationwide Road to Change tourthatkicked off on June 15 in Chicago It’s starting to get hot. It’s now about one degreeFahrenheit