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Something I though that many of you might like to know -
There's a book titled Slave Stealers, by Timothy Ballard. He once worked for the CIA and the Dept. of Homeland Security, rescuing children from sex trafficking and pornography networks. He did this by impersonating predators and infiltrating the networks. He realized that if he were not a federal employee, he could do more, so he founded the O.U.R, Operation Underground Railroad. In the book, he talks about some of his rescues, but spends more of his time writing about the Underground Railroad, telling true stories about how slaves escaped, and about the people who helped them. Among other reasons, he clearly does this to avoid giving away too much about how and where O.U.R operates, while drawing the parallels between the escapes from 150 years ago and the modern ones.
You know who he says his hero is? Harriet Tubman. It's telling to me that so many here think of her as a black hero or a female hero. She is an American hero.Everyone ought to be proud of her.
Tubman was a freedom fighter. How can any American not respect and admire that?
In 2016, Trump complained that having Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill was political correctness, wanting to keep Andrew Jackson on it. He said if she had to be on money, she should be on the $2 bill, which is no longer produced.
Today Mnuchin announced that Harriet Tubman was no going to even be a possibility under a Trump presidency; the soonest would be 2028.
I think it is a great idea to put a civil rights leader to replace Andrew Jackson.
Nothing against Jackson, I think Jackson was a decent President overall but I am surprised that he lasted so long, with his responsibilities for the Trail of Tears and all. Some have called him out on it but not many. Maybe because he was a Democrat the media has not really gone full PC on him, who knows.
The one thing that does bother me about putting Harriet Tubman on the twenty dollar bill is that we are not recognizing other civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglas first. Douglas in particular was the 19th century version of MLK and interestingly his life parallels Tubman to a large extent.
Both Tubman and Douglas were born into slavery, became abolitionists and then supported women's suffrage. I understand that part of the reason Tubman was chosen is because she was a woman but can't there be a way to recognize her without ignoring Douglas???
Harriet Tubman is already appearing on $20 bills whether Trump officials like it or not
"A New York designer took matters into his own hands after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin delayed replacing Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. MUST CREDIT: Photo courtesy of Dano Wall"
Harriet Tubman is an appropriate choice to appear on US currency.
Some people only think of Harriet as leading slaves out of freedom. While it is true that she did that, she also was a Union spy and military heroine during the Civil War. Later, she turned her attention to suffrage activities to help women obtain the right to vote. She also founded a sort of retirement home for elderly slaves. She never stopped working to help people. Her adopted home in Auburn, NY is fairly close to my own. As a child, my grandfather ran errands for her.
I think it is a great idea to put a civil rights leader to replace Andrew Jackson.
Nothing against Jackson, I think Jackson was a decent President overall but I am surprised that he lasted so long, with his responsibilities for the Trail of Tears and all. Some have called him out on it but not many. Maybe because he was a Democrat the media has not really gone full PC on him, who knows.
The one thing that does bother me about putting Harriet Tubman on the twenty dollar bill is that we are not recognizing other civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglas first. Douglas in particular was the 19th century version of MLK and interestingly his life parallels Tubman to a large extent.
Both Tubman and Douglas were born into slavery, became abolitionists and then supported women's suffrage. I understand that part of the reason Tubman was chosen is because she was a woman but can't there be a way to recognize her without ignoring Douglas???
You are correct about the parallels between Douglass and Tubman. However, Douglass worked within the realm of safety during the Civil War. He acted as a consultant to Abraham Lincoln. That isn't the same as putting your life on the line and leading men into battle.
Don't get me wrong... I believe that both should be honored but feel strongly that Harriet should receive this particular place on the $20 bill before Douglass.
The problem with having people -- ANY people -- on any American paper money is that there are only seven slots available -- the 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 dollar bills. And it's highly unlikely that there will ever be any more, at least not in our lifetimes. So who gets to be on the money? Presidents? Statesmen? Military Heroes? Inventors? Civil Rights Leaders? Sports Players? And even if we were to narrow it down to one or two categories, society's thoughts on who should be worthy enough to be so honored will inevitably change over time.
In order to avoid this never-ending battle over who gets to be on the money, I propose that we limit it to a group whose membership is forever fixed and unchanging: the Founding Fathers. One and done, and we'll never have to worry about who else to put on the money ever again.
Conveniently enough, there are seven of them, which happens to equal the number of denominations available. Also conveniently enough, several of these gentlemen are already there on the banknotes. So here's how I would divvy it up:
$1 -- George Washington (already there)
$2 -- Thomas Jefferson (already there)
$5 -- John Adams (replaces Abraham Lincoln)
$10 -- Alexander Hamilton (already there)
$20 -- James Madison (replaces Andrew Jackson)
$50 -- John Jay (replaces Ulysses Grant)
$100 -- Benjamin Franklin (already there)
Boom, done. And then we can figure out some other way to honor Harriet Tubman.
Can't have a woman or a brown person on money...not on Trump's watch!
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