Can We Salvage from the Past-Bria Shelby

I think the question of why we still have marriage is a valid one that came up as a topic both in class and in the article "who wants to marry a feminist?" The institution of marriage was mainly invented in order disadvantage women in every way possible, yet we keep up the tradition. Even feminist  still get married which seems to contradict their belief systems. But as the author of the articles, Lisa Miya-Jervis, says it is about taking the bad, oppressive things out of marriage and keeping the good. We see this ideology in many of the seemingly fun traditions that tend to have not-so-good roots. For instance, holidays like Thanksgiving are based on a history of Europeans invading the land of Native Americans and slaughtering them. But today we make Thanksgiving about Macy's day parades, big dinners, and Black Friday sales. The same goes for the confederate flag; it was once a symbol of white supremacy but now people (mostly) use it as a symbol for southern pride. So when do oppressive traditions become something harmless and all exclusive? It is all about evolving traditions to a point where we learn from past mistakes and making them into something new accepting . But then again, some things might have so many offensive qualities that it may not be worth saving. Another question that we have to ask ourselves is whether or not certain traditions are salvageable. In this case I think that marriage can be.