University of Wisconsin students say Abraham Lincoln statue at Madison campus must come down
Some University of Wisconsin students are pushing for a statue fo Abraham Lincoln to be removed from its Madison campus over his treatment of indigenous groups and black people.
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Some University of Wisconsin students are pushing for a statue of Abraham Lincoln to be removed from the Madison campus over his treatment of indigenous groups and black people.
The Black Student Union and the Student Inclusion Coalition, both student organizations, called for the statue's removal in early June, despite Lincoln ending slavery in the United States.
The Black Student Union argues Lincoln's legacy also includes several actions that harmed people of color. He ordered the largest mass execution in U.S. history -- 38 Dakota men by hanging -- and signed the Homestead Act, which gave settlers land forcibly taken from Native Americans, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
“For him to be at the top of Bascom [Hill] as a powerful placement on our campus, it’s a single-handed symbol of white supremacy,” Black Student Union president Nalah McWhorter told the outlet.
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Lincoln freed the slaves....kept the union together through a civil war. But lets tear down his statue anyway because he was really a white supremacist! (rolls eyes)
This shit has GOT to stop.