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Remove The Emancipation Memorial/Freedman Statue

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William Santos
6 years ago

I agree removing the emancipation memorial

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Faye Kalmbach
6 years ago

Great idea to remove this statue (and others like it) and put them in museum or statue park, with the proper/updated contextual information.

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Vlad Falaise
6 years ago

take it down

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Don Creed
6 years ago

Rock On Brother

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Caroline Bennett
6 years ago

Melt it down.

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Heide Woelfel
6 years ago

As a white woman in her 50s, I couldn’t agree more! Remove the statue!

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Calvin Johnson
6 years ago

Do you really need a comment come on now

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Ros Herling
6 years ago

I live in Boston and I think the symbolism of this statue is racist and it should be removed.

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Dawn Mazzarella
6 years ago

I grew up and lived just outside of Boston for 20 years. I still consider it my home, to this day. You're better than this Boston

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Anonymous
6 years ago

Mr Bullock is right. This statue is not consistent with a view of a world where all are equal. Please take the statue down

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Aaron Lumnah
6 years ago

The symbolism sends the wrong message.

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Kristina P
6 years ago

Tear it down

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Nathan Felde
6 years ago

I agree with you. I want to recast it with Lincoln taking a knee and thanking the slave for the sacrifices all slaves made.

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Victor Kogan
6 years ago

This statue is a disturbing display of the lack of thought that goes into the conversation surrounding the abolition of slavery from the white perspective. Take this monument to white saviors down.

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Joseph Autilio
6 years ago

The emancipation statute is demeaning to African Americans.

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Jalen Thornton
6 years ago

The statue is a complete disrespect to the pain and suffering endured by black people under the rule of white men that in this day and age would be imprisoned for hate crimes. It has to go in order for this country to begin to get any better

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Allison Alter
6 years ago

We have a racism problem in Boston, yet we spend a lot of time pretending we don't. We have a lot of house cleaning, in general. Removing this statue seems like a pretty easy thing to do, though not the only thing. Surely there are better monuments to emancipation.

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Naomi Weekes
6 years ago

I am a resident of Boston, MA and I want this statue taken down.

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Anonymous
6 years ago

Take it down

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Anonymous
6 years ago

Take this down!