University of Wisconsin students say Abraham Lincoln statue at Madison campus must come down Some students of color feel the figure should be removed from campus despite Lincoln ending slavery in the U.S. https://www.foxnews.com/us/universi...ncoln-statue-at-madison-campus-must-come-down Some University of Wisconsin students are pushing for a statue of Abraham Lincoln to be removed from the Madison campus over his treatment of indigenous groups and black people. The Black Student Union and the Student Inclusion Coalition, both student organizations, called for the statue's removal in early June, despite Lincoln ending slavery in the United States. (More at above url)
So they're mad he fought to free slaves? I think we've come full circle now and Democrats are back to the slavery thing.
These appear to be the contention points. Republicans of course more interested in being outraged than actually working to change minds. Same as the abortion talking point. There is a student group opposed to it mind you. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/midwest/ct-wisconsin-madison-lincoln-statue-bascom-hill-20200630-hhfadge53fethiobylwvklz24q-story.html?outputType=amp Lincoln ordered the largest mass execution in U.S. history, condemning 38 Dakota men to death by hanging in Minnesota in 1862. He signed the Homestead Act, which provided settlers with land taken away from Native Americans who were pushed onto reservations. During a debate speech, he argued that there is a physical difference between black and white races and that he favored the “superior” position assigned to the white race, according to a Chicago Tribune report. “There is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races from living together on terms of social and political equality,” Lincoln is quoted as saying. Lincoln also signed the Morrill Act, which established the nation’s land grant universities, including UW-Madison, by seizing land from Native Americans." He was also the first president to introduce the military draft. Trumpers:. boo! Lincoln make Trumpy look bad!
Now they are demanding that a statue of Alexander Hamilton be taken down in Central Park. What sensibilities did Alexander Hamilton offend to become a target of the BLM movement? As a first step I suggest that they should cancel all performances of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton play and cancel the release of Hamilton on the Disney+ channel scheduled for July 3rd.
Just say no and why. Win the day by changing minds. I know on ET its just about milking some endorphins but if something is actually important, you can actually change things with a little effort. Raising my kid.. Jeez she has some intelligent but also highly millennial friends. I'm old (under 50) but I know things, they back down. These are students, they are supposed to have mad ideas.
Now Gandhi... California State University-Fresno Students Petition for Removal of Campus Gandhi Statue https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/...petition-for-removal-of-campus-gandhi-statue/ “Gandhi was deeply prejudiced against all minorities, from black Africans, Jews, to low-caste Hindus” Perhaps American colleges and universities should just remove all statues from campus. It seems as though no one is acceptable enough to have a monument. Officials at California State University-Fresno are facing increasing pressure to remove a statue on campus depicting the late Indian freedom leader Mahatma Gandhi. “How will the historian teach and explain that Gandhi was uncharitable in his attitude towards the Black race and see that we are glorifying him by erecting a statue on our campus?” asks a Change.org petition, which is nearing 5,000 signatures. “Gandhi was deeply prejudiced against all minorities, from black Africans, Jews, to low-caste Hindus,” it states. “He also demonstrated a shocking lack of morality, from sleeping naked with young girls to employing nonviolence merely as a tool of political expediency.” The petition, launched last week by Akhnoor Sidhu, demands that the statue, which stands among figures of Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez and Jane Addams in the Fresno State Peace Garden, be removed “in solidarity of the Black Lives Matter movement.”… Fresno State President Joseph Castro responded in a statement last week defending the statue, explaining that its presence did not necessarily honor every aspect of Gandhi’s life.
Article says that the Gandi statue stands near a statue of MLK. But we need to get rid of that MLK statue too. Martin Luther King worshipped Gandi's arse and he modeled himself and his civil rights movement after Gandi. Yeh that's it. GET MARTIN LUTHER KING'S SORRY ARSE STATUE THE HELL OUT OF THERE. George Floyd is the one to be emulated. George Floyd is the only black who ever did anything. "If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought, and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We may ignore him at our own risk." MLK.