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| Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Knocked for Plan to Remove George Washington Statue from City Hall |
| 2024-07-18 |
The removal plan was initially said to be merely part of Johnson’s attempt to make “updates to some areas in and around City Hall,” according to Mayoral spokesman Ronnie Reese, the Chicago Tribune reported. There was no indication the statue was to be removed because of the connection George Washington had to slavery. However, former mayor Lori Lightfoot had included George Washington in her plans to tear down “problematic” statuary throughout the Windy City. Lightfoot had raised a commission she called the Chicago Monuments Project that recommended that George Washington be included on the list of 41 historical figures whose monuments should be torn down because they were no longer woke enough for city officials. For instance, the commission recommended in 2022 that the elimination of the Arrigo Park statue to Christopher Columbus should be made permanent. Lightfoot temporarily removed the Columbus statue in 2020 claiming that it was divisive. At the time, she said it was only temporary, but she never did return it to its rightful place. By 2022, the commission approved of the removal and recommended that it never be returned. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 If it wasn't for the slave trade, there would be no "black America." They'd be dying of malaria in some African ditch, were they not lucky enough to be a product of the long gone slave trade. |
| Posted by: Regular+joe 2024-07-18 16:14 |
| #4 They better change the City flag given it is based on the Washington Coat of Arms |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2024-07-18 16:01 |
| #3 The founders were human. They were not perfect. Slavery could have been banned in the US Constitution but for one delegate from Delaware and the South Carolina delegation. And this was in the days before King Cotton. |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2024-07-18 16:00 |
| #2 And lets hide the fact that blacks owned black slaves as well. There seems to be a large portion of the population today, regardless of race, who like being taken care of by the state rather than assume responsibility for their own lives and have no problem with their 'leaders' taking the labor and productivity of others to make sure they get the basics for food and shelter. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-07-18 07:23 |
| #1 There is a tremendous amount of animosity amongst the U.S.'s black population and the US's founding fathers. George Washington owned over 300 slaves. Thomas Jefferson owned over 600 slaves. Even though hundreds of thousands of white people died in the civil war which resulted in the abolishment of slavery, the first few decades of US history was a very painful one for black America. |
| Posted by: Whavick Scourge of the Apes9857 2024-07-18 02:43 |