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Remove The Emancipation Memorial/Freedman Statue

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Sydney Moyer
6 years ago

Boston can't call itself a progressive city with this statue of a white supremacist towering over a black man. This is shameful -- it's time our art installations actually came from the people who live here.

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Rachael Ross
6 years ago

A new statue of equality should be erected in this ones place!

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Lynette Haggard
6 years ago

Listen and move this beast.

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Virginia Clark
6 years ago

Take it down

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Katelyn Taylor
6 years ago

Please change this monument to depict equality.

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Anonymous
6 years ago

I never saw this before. Why has it lasted this long?

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James Hardiman
6 years ago

Time to go.

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Desiree Dugas
6 years ago

This statue is a disservice to Emancipation. The imagery is confusing and as Troy correctly states, harmful to children. There has to be a better way to memorialize this events.

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Manuel rosado
6 years ago

Remove Lincoln statute from Boston please.

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Saran rai
6 years ago

Remove this statute.

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Anonymous
6 years ago

I agree with you BECAUSE the slave is kneeling and it is extremely uncomfortable and just nasty. Young black children and honestly young white children as well SHOULD NOT looking at this.

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Nadjee Auguste
6 years ago

please remove this statue

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Alesha Bennett
6 years ago

take it down

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Carole Brennan
6 years ago

Thank you for your action! And for opening my eyes a little wider!

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Kunal J
6 years ago

Imagine if your moment of "freedom" still depicted you as being lorded over by your oppressor who now tries to claim they are your savior. This is a truly gross representation of the struggles of slavery and the meaning of emancipation and needs to be changed.

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Aimee Belanger
6 years ago

The image of the white patriarchal savior needs to go. Please find a local artist of color to replace this monument.

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donna howard
6 years ago

The statue offends me as well. Please remove it.

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Matthew Martori
6 years ago

Always thought this was portrayed very poorly

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Andrew Vlock
6 years ago

take it down

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Kimberly Johnson
6 years ago

This statue has got to go.