To Replace Columbus

Here's my letter to Heather Knight, who asked what should replace the statue of Columbus.

Dear Heather,

Is it 89 statues in SF and only 2 of real women?  I think women who have never been slave-owners and are flawless in other ways should take turns standing there until at least 87 have survived the experience. It can be a designated free-speech zone.  We should start with Black and First Nation women.

Or maybe we should have a monument to 2020 that depicts what happened that year,maybe even showing why the statue was toppled.

I do NOT think we should have a statue of George Floyd.  What happened to him was a tragedy, but victims of police brutality aren't heroes.  They're victims.  Still, he could be depicted in the monument to 2020  as a victim.

Tina.