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Source: DCist
JUN 20, 12:43 PM
Thousands Call For The Removal Of A Statue Of Abraham Lincoln With Degrading Racial Undertones In Capitol Hill
Margaret Barthel
A petition to remove the Emancipation Statue from Lincoln Park said it depicts degrading racial undertones.
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More than 2,000 people have signed a petition to remove the Emancipation Statue from Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill. The statue shows the 16th president towering over a freed enslaved person, who is kneeling with broken shackles on his wrists a depiction with degrading racial undertones, the petition said.
While Lincoln is a significant figure and worthy of memorializing, the petition said, This statue
perpetuates the idea that we are beneath white people and should simply be grateful for the scraps that have been thrown our way.
The petition was started by Marcus Goodwin, a candidate for an at-large seat on the D.C. Council, and posted online on Thursday. Goodwin says its not an accident that he chose this week to get the word out.
This Juneteenth, I want us to send a message that this type of symbol represents the philosophy of racial superiority that we should be removing from society, he wrote in the petition.
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I, for one, welcome our new Taliban overlords.