Take down 'racist' Theodore Roosevelt statue, activists tell New York museum (11 October 2016)

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The Guardian
Mazin Sidahmed
Oct. 11, 2016

Hundreds of activists gathered at the American Museum of Natural History on Monday to take down the “racist” statue of Theodore Roosevelt and an urgent call to rename Columbus Day.

More than 200 people cheered outside the museum as activists covered the statue of Roosevelt on horseback flanked by an African American and Native American on either side and demanded it be ultimately removed.

More... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/11/museum-natural-history-theodore-roosevelt-statue-protest


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I heard a libtard today talking about the confederate statue that was pulled down. He said something along the lines of, "I don't understand why they allow these monuments of 'racist traitors' in the first place."

Keyword here: traitors.

Putting aside the terms of surrender at Appomattox that specifically prevented the Confederates from being called 'traitors,' I had to stifle a laugh. Why...?

This libtard has previously said that Trump is "not his president" and he totally thinks it is time for "California and other progressive states to secede."

Yep. They're that stupid.

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Some of the Exhibits at the Museum of Natural History Are… Not… Good…

The Nation
Michelle Chen
October 19, 2016

On a day traditionally devoted to memorializing imperialist poster child Christopher Columbus, a crew of cultural renegades crashed the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan with an alternative Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration. The artist-activist collective Decolonize This Place occupied the vaunted institution with—what else—an educational tour.

The crowd of about 200 mostly youthful observers embarked on a subversive walk-through, snaking around displays of “native” artifacts poached from different continents, gazing at the scenes of “primitive” societies in a new light as their radical tour guides gave their own explanations of the exhibits. Their route was mapped out on a red-and-white printed brochure, with a cover depicting the Theodore Roosevelt statue at the museum’s entrance surrounded by police barricades.

More... https://www.thenation.com/article/some-of-the-exhibits-at-the-museum-of-natural-history-are-not-good/

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Known racist

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This is interesting. Not Dixie but New York and not a town park but a world class museum.

The Museum of Natural History is up Central Park West from Columbus Circle, complete with a statue of Columbus.

[Bigun]

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The unbearable lightness of no longer being.

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Bigun, could you stop spamming that every thread you see?

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I've been to that museum all I remember are the dinosaurs

I wish I could  remember the Teddy Roosevelt statue. I like teddy. I like teddy bears.

[Bigun]

Bigun, could you stop spamming that every thread you see?

Why? if it's relevant to the discussion on that thread.

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I've been to that museum all I remember are the dinosaurs

Not the gems? What kind of woman are you? ;-)
 

I wish I could  remember the Teddy Roosevelt statue. I like teddy. I like teddy bears.

People are usually too intent on getting inside to pay attention to such things.

[Gefn]

Not the gems? What kind of woman are you? ;-)
 
People are usually too intent on getting inside to pay attention to such things.

The company I worked for had its Christmas party there. 

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The company I worked for had its Christmas party there.

A Year End party. Okay. ;-)