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BLM shrouds Thomas Jefferson statue in Charlottesville
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:37 am
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:37 am
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One month after white nationalists stormed the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, bearing tiki torches and chanting, “You will not replace us,” a smaller but equally vocal crowd of protesters took to the Rotunda on Tuesday night, covering a statue of Thomas Jefferson in a black shroud, which was removed sometime after midnight Wednesday.
The group of about 100 UVa students, faculty and community members gathered despite the rain to deride the university’s response to the summer’s wave of white nationalist demonstrations.
They covered the UVa founder’s statue in black, mimicking the city’s decision to shroud the statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the wake of the violent Aug. 12 rally that resulted in one death and dozens of injuries.
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You knew this was coming...
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The group called on UVa to adhere to the Black Student Alliance’s list of demands, formed last month in response to influx of white nationalist non-locals who have used Charlottesville as a rallying point. Published around the time of the Aug. 20 “March to Reclaim Our Grounds,” the list included the demand to “remove the Confederate plaques on the Rotunda” and ban white supremacist hate groups from campus.
The list calls for a balance of UVa’s “historical landscape,” and dubs the Jefferson statue “an emblem of white supremacy” that should be “re-contextualized with a plaque to include that history.”
It further demands that the university increase the enrollment of African American undergraduate students, increase the proportion of African American faculty and require all students to undergo some form of education on “white supremacy, colonization and slavery as they directly relate to Thomas Jefferson, the university and the city of Charlottesville.”
This post was edited on 9/13/17 at 10:42 am
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:38 am to NYNolaguy1
White people everywhere.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:40 am to NYNolaguy1
BLM signs written on white poster boards and banners.
That's a tad bit ironic.
That's a tad bit ironic.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:41 am to JetsetNuggs
Is the Monticello next?
This post was edited on 9/13/17 at 10:43 am
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:42 am to NYNolaguy1
I don't get what these people want. I mean, do they want every thing they deem somewhat offensive removed? Do they not want history to exist? I just don't get the end game for these crazies.
My old man went to UVA, it's a shame the crazy communists are trying to destroy it.
My old man went to UVA, it's a shame the crazy communists are trying to destroy it.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:42 am to NYNolaguy1
These people would all fail high school history tests.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:43 am to 12Pence
thomas jefferson was against slavery, freed his slaves and had kids by a black woman....
This post was edited on 9/13/17 at 10:44 am
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:44 am to JetsetNuggs
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That's a tad bit ironic.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:44 am to Jim Smith
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Do they not want history to exist?
Most likely answer?
If they think these are offensive they must not have ever visited DC.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:44 am to NYNolaguy1
Why is the white chick up there with her camera.
Ooooh I get it, just another attention whore
These idiots don't even know who Thomas Jefferson was
Ooooh I get it, just another attention whore
These idiots don't even know who Thomas Jefferson was
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:44 am to NYNolaguy1
Fake news. Jefferson literally loved black women.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:44 am to vengeanceofrain
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had kids by a black woman
No he didn't
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:45 am to vengeanceofrain
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“So this week, it is Robert E. Lee. I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder, is it George Washington next week? And is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know, you really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop?”
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:45 am to PaperPaintball92
They don't know history. They don't care about history. They just want attention and entitlement.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:47 am to 12Pence
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. I wonder, is it George Washington next week? And is it Thomas Jefferson the week after?
He wasnt wrong...
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:49 am to NYNolaguy1
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He wasnt wrong...
He rarely is.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:52 am to NYNolaguy1
I think the uncomfortable question we should ask is, "to whom do black lives matter to?"
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:54 am to TigahTeeth
Wrong, they want to get rid of anything that has to do with white people.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:55 am to NYNolaguy1
To liberals and progressives in support of statue removal: this is the natural consequence of your insanity. When Americans can no longer see public monuments honoring the men who founded their own country, it will be your fault. Your race-baiting and identity-politics narrative will be the proximate cause of this totalitarian whitewashing of history.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 10:55 am to Jim Smith
I don't even care about these nutballs. There are always nutballs.
By what really pisses me off is that the adults in the room (university administration, professors, and politicians) enable this behavior and encourage it.
By what really pisses me off is that the adults in the room (university administration, professors, and politicians) enable this behavior and encourage it.
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