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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sat Jun 20, 2020, 06:07 PM Jun 2020

Thousands Call For The Removal Of A Statue Of Abraham Lincoln With 'Degrading Racial Undertones' [View all]

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.”

WIkimedia Commons

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 it’s 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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Read more: https://dcist.com/story/20/06/20/thousands-call-for-the-removal-of-a-statue-of-abraham-lincoln-with-degrading-racial-undertones-in-capitol-hill/



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Now this is just getting silly. N/T Jedi Guy Jun 2020 #1
To my surprise, he's actually not a dummy. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 #4
Evidently not, but he's still misguided in this endeavor, IMO. N/T Jedi Guy Jun 2020 #6
Neither was Einstein. Igel Jun 2020 #45
agree onetexan Jun 2020 #30
I never thought it was particularly good art Warpy Jun 2020 #40
Agreed on the symbolism. Jedi Guy Jun 2020 #42
We tend to clad historic figures in a coat of virgin white marble gladium et scutum Jun 2020 #48
This will help Trump and the Republicans. jalan48 Jun 2020 #2
Yep, it certainly will. Jedi Guy Jun 2020 #11
Some background on the statue... lapucelle Jun 2020 #3
Nit to pick with the NPS: mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 #7
Great catch. N/T lapucelle Jun 2020 #8
Defund the National Park Service! NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 #9
... lapucelle Jun 2020 #15
The way some members of the Park Police act patrolling the Mall, you'd think they weren't even human mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 #19
Quickly grab a pocket full of reductio ad absurdum and pretend validity! LanternWaste Jun 2020 #31
Alternately... Jedi Guy Jun 2020 #34
Post removed Post removed Jun 2020 #5
A link to Lew Rockwell is not welcome on DU. Could you find something else to make your point? scarletwoman Jun 2020 #17
+100 reACTIONary Jun 2020 #26
Lew Rockwell is a neo Confederate propagandist... reACTIONary Jun 2020 #28
Yeah, that's a little TOO much of a hit-piece on Lincoln. PatrickforO Jun 2020 #39
The statue trashing is starting to get out of hand and ibegurpard Jun 2020 #10
Here's Frederick Douglass's address given at the unveiling. lapucelle Jun 2020 #12
Why stop there? mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 #13
Heard on Native American segment on AM950 radio (Minnesota) today how horrible he was progree Jun 2020 #14
Years ago, our church had a pastor who DeminPennswoods Jun 2020 #16
Where will it end?!?!?!?!?!?! mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 #21
Post removed Post removed Jun 2020 #18
I have to agree it's a degrading depiction of a black man. scarletwoman Jun 2020 #20
Agreed, it's a degrading depiction of a black man. Merlot Jun 2020 #23
Yes, both men standing together would make for an excellent statue. scarletwoman Jun 2020 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author morillon Jun 2020 #29
Agree. The image does not wear well at all. riversedge Jun 2020 #37
Which is why the request should be to replace, not remove the statue flibbitygiblets Jun 2020 #35
Which is why the request should be to replace, not remove the statue flibbitygiblets Jun 2020 #35
How about just the black man standing free with broken chains? Maeve Jun 2020 #43
Oh sure, let's not acknowledge the man who gave his life to free slaves & hold the country together Hekate Jun 2020 #46
Ever been to the Lincoln Memorial? Maeve Jun 2020 #50
Statues I want removed Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #22
This DC original has a copy in Boston appalachiablue Jun 2020 #25
Why do they hate Lincoln down south? keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #27
Good point. I've argued with neo-confederates treestar Jun 2020 #52
Lincoln was a great man, a great president, a great human being. BUT PatrickforO Jun 2020 #32
I read a book once by an anti-slavery minister. raging moderate Jun 2020 #33
Interesting and plausible theory, Moderate flibbitygiblets Jun 2020 #38
Because enslavement was just so not-degrading that it cannot be depicted like this. Hekate Jun 2020 #41
a shallow symbolism akin to right wing treestar Jun 2020 #53
Anyone know the Abraham song from "Holiday Inn"? Maeve Jun 2020 #44
That we are not talking about His Majesty Washington I is the reason we give him points tirebiter Jun 2020 #47
Look - squirrel! GoneOffShore Jun 2020 #49
Succinct DeminPennswoods Jun 2020 #51
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