If you don't legally do this, I promise it's getting vandalized before the year ends.
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Rebekah Gerstein
6 years ago
For those arguing to leave it up- architecture and public art have a huge impact on the human psyche- they dictate our world to a great extent. This statue is problematic in and out of historical context - removing it is part of making our city physically and psychologically safer for Black lives. We need to work on making our public (and private) spaces anti racist.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
Take it down!
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Tiffany Cogell
6 years ago
I don't want to see statues in my city that glorify oppression. It's hurtful and says to me that Boston yearns for that time in history to return.
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Ray Lardie
6 years ago
Wow what a terrible design for the message it purports to send. Take it down!
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Curtis Shaw
6 years ago
This worse than anything we have in NC, and that’s saying a lot. This is reprehensible.
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Junior cius
6 years ago
This does not make me feel liberated at all. We don't need more statues reminding us that the country sees us as less than.
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Monica Garcia
6 years ago
Take that racist degrading statue down
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Anonymous
6 years ago
I think this statue sends the wrong message and I support its removal.
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Lakiesha Henry
6 years ago
Time for a change! #blacklivesmatter
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Elizabeth Kollie
6 years ago
Thank you ✊
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Kris brewer
6 years ago
I fully support removing the statue
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Anagaelle Paillant
6 years ago
Tear it DOWN !
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Mel
6 years ago
This gotta go.
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Deatrice Moore
6 years ago
This is degrading and MUST come down!!
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Katelynn
6 years ago
This statue is wholly inappropriate and needs to be removed!
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Janet Allen
6 years ago
This is completely unacceptable.
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Alexander Jimenez
6 years ago
Take it down. Preserve it in a Musuem. So we can see the real nature of Racism in America . SO that we may remember what was.... to learn from it,.... so that we as a people never go back to oppressing anyone. That we may move forward to even more freedom of mind body and spirit.
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Giorgio
6 years ago
Maybe as a result of the recent spontaneous upraising (to counter head-on what is plainly obvious to many that the seeds of racism are very deep in our country) it's now clear that irrespective of Lincoln being in it, this is a nakedly racist statue. Whatever the reason, however long it took you to get to that opinion, take it down. Tout de suite. In its place, per the video creator's initial suggestion: Lincoln on a knee, thanking Crispus Attucks, maybe wih an air of contrition around AL for his still racist earlier proposals as a still Senator. A nice little time-travel piece with a not-so-subtle nod to Colin Kaepernick.
No white saviors
If you don't legally do this, I promise it's getting vandalized before the year ends.
For those arguing to leave it up- architecture and public art have a huge impact on the human psyche- they dictate our world to a great extent. This statue is problematic in and out of historical context - removing it is part of making our city physically and psychologically safer for Black lives. We need to work on making our public (and private) spaces anti racist.
Take it down!
I don't want to see statues in my city that glorify oppression. It's hurtful and says to me that Boston yearns for that time in history to return.
Wow what a terrible design for the message it purports to send. Take it down!
This worse than anything we have in NC, and that’s saying a lot. This is reprehensible.
This does not make me feel liberated at all. We don't need more statues reminding us that the country sees us as less than.
Take that racist degrading statue down
I think this statue sends the wrong message and I support its removal.
Time for a change! #blacklivesmatter
Thank you ✊
I fully support removing the statue
Tear it DOWN !
This gotta go.
This is degrading and MUST come down!!
This statue is wholly inappropriate and needs to be removed!
This is completely unacceptable.
Take it down. Preserve it in a Musuem. So we can see the real nature of Racism in America . SO that we may remember what was.... to learn from it,.... so that we as a people never go back to oppressing anyone. That we may move forward to even more freedom of mind body and spirit.
Maybe as a result of the recent spontaneous upraising (to counter head-on what is plainly obvious to many that the seeds of racism are very deep in our country) it's now clear that irrespective of Lincoln being in it, this is a nakedly racist statue. Whatever the reason, however long it took you to get to that opinion, take it down. Tout de suite. In its place, per the video creator's initial suggestion: Lincoln on a knee, thanking Crispus Attucks, maybe wih an air of contrition around AL for his still racist earlier proposals as a still Senator. A nice little time-travel piece with a not-so-subtle nod to Colin Kaepernick.