A statue of Thomas Jefferson has raised the ire of student activists at Hofstra University, who are demanding that administrators remove his visage from campus.
JaLoni Amor, a Hofstra student and Black Lives Matter activist, released a petition calling for the statue’s removal on March 17, proclaiming that Jefferson has been embraced as an “icon” by “white supremacist and neo-nazi organizations” like the Ku Klux Klan.
"Not to bring problems, but I'd like to point
out that as you are making the protest about your right to freedom of
speech, don't forget that people like Jefferson gave you that right."
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“The Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center
is one of the central points for on-campus life and student activities,”
the petition reads. “It is unfortunate then that a bronze sculpture of a
71-year-old Thomas Jefferson, gifted to the university by Hofstra
Trustee David Mack, is right in front of the Student Center.”
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This communist rabel rousers would attack the statue of any of the founders regardless of their status in relation to slavery but....Jefferson never served in military capacity and while the Constitution was being written and ratified he was Paris serving as Minister to the French court. When he finally returned from France he strongly criticized the Constitution as "Not democratic enough." His place is indeed important but needs to be seen in proper perspective. Just saying...
ReplyDeletehe was Paris serving as Minister to the French court.
DeleteI remember that now.
Thomas Jefferson was more of a man and a hero than any of those little punks.
ReplyDeletePrecisely.
DeleteExpel those students and let them keep their credits.
ReplyDelete:)
DeleteI meant to say in the second half of the statement don't let them keep their credits. Whoops.
DeleteThey can keep them as far as I'm concerned since they are probably advanced degrees such as Underwater Basic Weaving.....:)
DeleteWhat's interesting is how Venezuela, and I assume other Latin polities, view the "capitalism vs. socialism" debate as an ethnic conflict, with whites coming to power in the former system.
ReplyDeleteI suspect many of the Latinos who enter the US hold such views and as such might remain socialist and might never respect our leaders, since they were perceived as the oppressive whites they're accustomed to organising against.
https://theconversation.com/venezuelas-long-history-of-racism-is-coming-back-to-haunt-it-82199
Quote: "This belief in the natural superiority of Europeans was also evident in the economically crucial, foreign-owned oil sector. Professionals and middle managers were white Venezuelans, but labourers were recruited from black and mixed-race sectors. By the time oil was nationalised in 1976, the Venezuelan middle class it helped to create had come to identify with US-style political, cultural and consumer patterns. For these Venezuelans, dubbed “miameros” because of their frequent shopping trips to Miami, oil symbolised civilisation, while the black and mixed-race masses represented the perceived barbarism of the past."
Note: I don't know enough about Venezuela to know if the above is true, but it appears legitimate.
I don't know enough about Venezuela to know if the above is true, but it appears legitimate.
DeleteI believe so.