re: #173 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I think that as far as the list of People Whose Monuments Need to be Toppled goes, Grant is pretty low on the list…

Grant’s low on that list, alongside TR, but the AMNH in NYC is looking to move the statue to Roosevelt away from the entrance. I think that’s a mistake - a plaque updating with the controversy and more information should be sufficient.

TR was one of the great conservationists in history - and his actions led to the formation of the national park system (though it also needs to be pointed out that national parks also involved appropriating lands meant for Native Americans). Those historical wrongs do need to be corrected in some fashion. We need to have a reckoning with the racist underpinnings to so much of what our nation did, how we shaped it, and how we operate today.