This 'memorial' is filled with wrong-headed ideas of the nobility of purpose that fed the abolition of slavery. We have better, more equitable ways of discussing this now, and this depiction points to how start that conversation with realism instead of dogma or sentimentalism.
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Jennifer Hartsell
6 years ago
Thank you for your point of view!
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David Young
6 years ago
Thank You Brother!
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Akin Watson
6 years ago
I stand on the side of justice for all African peoples
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Suzanne Riddle
6 years ago
Thank you!
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Anonymous
6 years ago
It's a harsh reminder of the inequalities invented by and carried out by people with white skin at the expense of people with black skin. It also reinforces the notion of the "white savior" and black "gratefulness".
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Justin Gee
6 years ago
It's time to get with the times! Put it in a museum! It doesn't belong in public spaces as a daily reminder of how black people were treated as slaves.
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Maureen Urban
6 years ago
I agree with you & will sign into the meeting. Being White, I realize I must stand up to racial injustice.
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Franck Joseoh Greaux
6 years ago
It's time.
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Yean-Ju Lee
6 years ago
These statues should have been removed earlier.
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Nicole Keating
6 years ago
Take the statue down!
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Kenneth Alan Muller
6 years ago
Lincoln would not have approved of this statue
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Tanya Voss
6 years ago
Take them down.
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Mike Canavan
6 years ago
An anecdote [was] penned by a U.S. Navy officer who served in the Civil War, when freed slaves knelt before the president after their emancipation. According to Admiral David Porter, Lincoln was “much embarrassed.”
“Don’t kneel to me,” Lincoln said. “That is not right.”
(NYT 6-28-2020)
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Kelly
6 years ago
No justice no peace
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Jorma McSwiggan-Hong
6 years ago
Replace these with something that either acknowledges a history of Black oppression or celebrates Black culture- or both.
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Carol Fisher
6 years ago
Let's replace this condescending statue with one that depicts African Americans as being equal.
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henry stevens
6 years ago
Remove
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Matthew Brown
6 years ago
Boston can do better than this. African American Bostonians fought for their own freedom. Let's recognize that.
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Randy Gravitt
6 years ago
if you read this then you are to believe this actor story. but another actor of this time will kill abe lincoln again. just like john w. booth you all really need to look up history of lincoln and he and everyone will have blood on their hands of killing abe lincoln. but if you read about harriet tubman she knew abe lincoln she was friends with him and they help her in saving the slaves in the civil war.
This 'memorial' is filled with wrong-headed ideas of the nobility of purpose that fed the abolition of slavery. We have better, more equitable ways of discussing this now, and this depiction points to how start that conversation with realism instead of dogma or sentimentalism.
Thank you for your point of view!
Thank You Brother!
I stand on the side of justice for all African peoples
Thank you!
It's a harsh reminder of the inequalities invented by and carried out by people with white skin at the expense of people with black skin. It also reinforces the notion of the "white savior" and black "gratefulness".
It's time to get with the times! Put it in a museum! It doesn't belong in public spaces as a daily reminder of how black people were treated as slaves.
I agree with you & will sign into the meeting. Being White, I realize I must stand up to racial injustice.
It's time.
These statues should have been removed earlier.
Take the statue down!
Lincoln would not have approved of this statue
Take them down.
An anecdote [was] penned by a U.S. Navy officer who served in the Civil War, when freed slaves knelt before the president after their emancipation. According to Admiral David Porter, Lincoln was “much embarrassed.” “Don’t kneel to me,” Lincoln said. “That is not right.” (NYT 6-28-2020)
No justice no peace
Replace these with something that either acknowledges a history of Black oppression or celebrates Black culture- or both.
Let's replace this condescending statue with one that depicts African Americans as being equal.
Remove
Boston can do better than this. African American Bostonians fought for their own freedom. Let's recognize that.
if you read this then you are to believe this actor story. but another actor of this time will kill abe lincoln again. just like john w. booth you all really need to look up history of lincoln and he and everyone will have blood on their hands of killing abe lincoln. but if you read about harriet tubman she knew abe lincoln she was friends with him and they help her in saving the slaves in the civil war.