Thanks for this explanation. About Theodor Roosevelt i only knew he was an US President, but of course there must be more to him.Steve James wrote:Even Roosevelt's family agrees with removing the statue. I showed the Dominican statue for comparison, and there are lots of ways. Both sets of statues send a message.
For example, yep, both have three people of three "races." In the DR, they symbolize the three races that make up the "people." All the DR statues are roughly the same size but, more importantly, each of them has a name and a story important to the origin of the country.
The "White" man in the middle is Bartolomeo de las Casas --who was called the "savior of the Indians" because he was central in stopping the enslavement of the local Taino people by the Spaniards. Ok, otoh, he did it by suggesting that Africans be brought in to do work that was killing off the Indians. However, on his right is Sebastien Lemba who was the leader of a slave revolt, so he is portrayed with his hand upraised breaking his shackles. On las Casas's left is Enriquillo, a Taino cacique ("chief") who led revolts against the Spanish.
Afa the Roosevelt statue, the Indian and the African are anonymous. Yeah, the statue could be read as the "White" man leading from horseback. That's one story that might be subconsciously recognized by some people. Shucks, it would represent how they think anyway. So, to them, the statue is as appropriate now as it was when it was erected. Otoh, to an Indian person, for eg., the reading and the reaction might be different.
There's an easy solution. Put up a different statue. It's a Natural History museum. Use a dinosaur. There are hundreds of options, and a statue of T. Roosevelt can still be somewhere.
I’m not sure about this...but wasn’t it Europeans that brought horses to the Americas? Yes it sound strange.....and I could be misremember about what I read a long time about thatSteve James wrote:Btw, the Indian should be on the horse .
Trick wrote:I’m not sure about this...but wasn’t it Europeans that brought horses to the Americas? Yes it sound strange.....and I could be misremember about what I read a long time about thatSteve James wrote:Btw, the Indian should be on the horse .
Nearly 5,000 students signed a petition that called for the removal of the Gandhi statute. Despite Gandhi’s status as a warrior for peace, the students allege that Gandhi held prejudices against various minority groups.
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