Wednesday, July 1, 2020

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.

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