Thomas Jefferson statue will be removed
from City Council chambers
Posted By: Ribicon, 10/18/2021 4:33:45 PM
New York—A statue of Thomas Jefferson will be removed from the New York City Council’s chambers at City Hall, a commission voted on Monday. During an hours-long hearing, the New York City Public Design Commission acknowledged the statue needs to be removed before the end of the year, however, a new location has yet to be determined.(Snip)The City Council’s Black, Latino and Asian caucus has long objected to its presence because Jefferson wasn’t just a U.S. president or a founding father, he was also a lifelong slave owner. Assemblymember Charles Barron and his wife, City Councilmember Inez Barron, led the fight to remove the statue.
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There have been a number of suggestions, from the conservative press as much as elsewhere, that we should go easy on poor Alec Baldwin concerning the terrible “accident” that resulted in a “tragedy” at his New Mexico filming location.
No, we should not. It was not an accident, and it is not a tragedy.
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The statue has been there since 1833, but that doesn't matter because this now a bLACK and Latinx nation, and the statue depicts a White man. Meanwhile, the city and state of New York are named in honor of the Duke of York, who made his fortune trading slaves. Who will the state and city now be named for? Al Sharpton, Gay Barry? Ru Paul? The possibilities are endless.