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Thomas Jefferson statue should be removed from NYC Council chambers, lawmakers say

2020-06-20

[NYDAILYNEWS] A statue of Thomas Jefferson should be removed from the ~~Student~~ City Council chambers, say Speaker Corey Johnson and the leaders of the Council’s Black, Latino and Asian Caucus.

"The statue of Thomas Jefferson in the ~~Student~~ City Council Chambers is inappropriate and serves as a constant reminder of the injustices that have plagued communities of color since the inception of our country. It must be removed," Johnson, Councilwoman Adrienne Adams and Councilman I. Daneek Miller wrote Mayor de Blasio on Thursday.

"Jefferson is America’s most noted slaveholder, a man who owned more than 600 Black women and men and a scholar who maintained that Blacks were inferior to whites," the letter continued. "The ~~Student~~ City Council Chambers is a place where we vote on bills to improve the lives of all New Yorkers and build a more fair and just city. It is not a suitable place for a statue of Thomas Jefferson. Keeping it in City Hall sends a terrible message to the people who are counting on us to work towards a more equitable New York City."

Adams and Miller are Queens Dems who co-chair the Black, Latino and Asian Caucus. Caucus members Inez Barron and Deborah Rose also signed the letter.

Posted by:Fred

#6 Looking forward to NPR's total grovel on The Thomas Jefferson Hour.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-06-20 13:19

#5 Come, come people. Know your history. NYC was a hotbed of Tory Crown Loyalists. The only reason NY finally ratified the Constitution was to avoid being frozen out of the local economy of the new country.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-06-20 11:45

#4 Thomas Jefferson statue should be removed from NYC Council chambers, lawmakers say

You are no better than the Taliban with their blowing up of monuments and antiquities. Quit showing your stupidity. Surely, NYC has more pressing issues that are being ignored.

Posted by: JohnQC 2020-06-20 09:14

Red Guards: Confucius Statue Must Come Down!

Posted by: 3dc 2020-06-20 05:57

#2 /\ Moral superiority, a basic tenet of the BLM movement.

Posted by: Besoeker 2020-06-20 01:35

#1 The Founders weren't perfect. They were a product of their times. To judge someone's actions by the standards of today is merely claiming that you are somehow morally superior.

Posted by: Cheaderhead 2020-06-20 00:23

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