Harriet Tubman to be the new face of the $20 bill

[Anonymous]

I'm all for Harriet or MLK to get a bill or coin. I've advocated for Harriet in the past. But, I'm not happy with changing the $1, $5, every denomination from a founding father or president to an influential woman or minority. Especially GW. I think there's balance to be considered, and tradition.

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Anonymous wrote:Love this!! I hope they have a better pic of her though to put on there. She looks very grumpy in the pic that the news keeps circulating and it's not how I would picture her.

She was born a slave, nearly got beaten to death and died pretty much poor and forgotten (IIRC). She can look crabby if she wants, so to speak. It's also a nice counterpoint to the world of filters, 'shop, and zillions of digital pics we never look at.

That's what women look like when we're serious and dignified. None of us smile all or even most of the time. I, personally, like the image of her looking directly at the viewer, rather than wistfully off into the distance. She's pretty g-d kickass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm all for Harriet or MLK to get a bill or coin. I've advocated for Harriet in the past. But, I'm not happy with changing the $1, $5, every denomination from a founding father or president to an influential woman or minority. Especially GW. I think there's balance to be considered, and tradition.

I'm not a fan of tradition just for the sake of tradition. Someone selected those images for the paper currency, and did so during a time when it wouldn't have even been thinkable to consider a woman, much less a minority, much less warrior Harriet Tubman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's funny seeing all these people saying yes, yes, yes to this. Most of you haven't heard of her before today. She might have been a great person and all but that fact is this just political correctness because of sex and skin color. Once again everyone's afraid to say it.

Is there anyone raised in America who didn't learn about Harriet Tubman in ES? Yes, her selection is definitely due to her sex; there was an explicit decision made to put a woman on currency...to counteract the default decision that assumes a man, any man, is a more obvious choice. I don't think she was selected for her race specifically, though it's true that she wouldn't hold the place in history that she does if she were a white woman and not a former slave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's funny seeing all these people saying yes, yes, yes to this. Most of you haven't heard of her before today. She might have been a great person and all but that fact is this just political correctness because of sex and skin color. Once again everyone's afraid to say it.

Of course it is! Who remembers their 5th grade history class where we all learned of her?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's funny seeing all these people saying yes, yes, yes to this. Most of you haven't heard of her before today. She might have been a great person and all but that fact is this just political correctness because of sex and skin color. Once again everyone's afraid to say it.

Of course it is! Who remembers their 5th grade history class where we all learned of her?

So what was her claim to fame? I do know Andy Jackson defeated the bloody British at the Battle of New Orleans and was a president of the United States.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's funny seeing all these people saying yes, yes, yes to this. Most of you haven't heard of her before today. She might have been a great person and all but that fact is this just political correctness because of sex and skin color. Once again everyone's afraid to say it.

Of course it is! Who remembers their 5th grade history class where we all learned of her?

So what was her claim to fame? I do know Andy Jackson defeated the bloody British at the Battle of New Orleans and was a president of the United States.

Do you really not know? Maybe you should take a look at her Wikipedia page.

Harriet Tubman was born a slave, escaped, and then went back a dozen times (or more) to lead slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Then during the civil war she helped the union as a spy, and soldier I believe. She was an incredible woman.

Jackson on the other hand was a slave owner and the genius behind the trail of tears. I think it's fitting he be either taken off or moved to the back of the bill. Harriet Tubman earned her place in history.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's funny seeing all these people saying yes, yes, yes to this. Most of you haven't heard of her before today. She might have been a great person and all but that fact is this just political correctness because of sex and skin color. Once again everyone's afraid to say it.

Of course it is! Who remembers their 5th grade history class where we all learned of her?

So what was her claim to fame? I do know Andy Jackson defeated the bloody British at the Battle of New Orleans and was a president of the United States.

Do you really not know? Maybe you should take a look at her Wikipedia page.

Harriet Tubman was born a slave, escaped, and then went back a dozen times (or more) to lead slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Then during the civil war she helped the union as a spy, and soldier I believe. She was an incredible woman.

Jackson on the other hand was a slave owner and the genius behind the trail of tears. I think it's fitting he be either taken off or moved to the back of the bill. Harriet Tubman earned her place in history.

You didn't know either without looking at her wiki page. Did you know she was with the Republican Party and Jackson a democrat?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny seeing all these people saying yes, yes, yes to this. Most of you haven't heard of her before today. She might have been a great person and all but that fact is this just political correctness because of sex and skin color. Once again everyone's afraid to say it.

Of course it is! Who remembers their 5th grade history class where we all learned of her?

So what was her claim to fame? I do know Andy Jackson defeated the bloody British at the Battle of New Orleans and was a president of the United States.

Do you really not know? Maybe you should take a look at her Wikipedia page.

Harriet Tubman was born a slave, escaped, and then went back a dozen times (or more) to lead slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Then during the civil war she helped the union as a spy, and soldier I believe. She was an incredible woman.

Jackson on the other hand was a slave owner and the genius behind the trail of tears. I think it's fitting he be either taken off or moved to the back of the bill. Harriet Tubman earned her place in history.

well, it's done now. But people did shun the Susan B. Anthony dollar. Of course, that's much harder to do with a $20 bill. Maybe $10's and $50's will become more popular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's funny seeing all these people saying yes, yes, yes to this. Most of you haven't heard of her before today. She might have been a great person and all but that fact is this just political correctness because of sex and skin color. Once again everyone's afraid to say it.

Your comment is nonsensical. And I don't think you actually understand what political correctness means.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's funny seeing all these people saying yes, yes, yes to this. Most of you haven't heard of her before today. She might have been a great person and all but that fact is this just political correctness because of sex and skin color. Once again everyone's afraid to say it.

Of course it is! Who remembers their 5th grade history class where we all learned of her?

So what was her claim to fame? I do know Andy Jackson defeated the bloody British at the Battle of New Orleans and was a president of the United States.

Do you really not know? Maybe you should take a look at her Wikipedia page.

Harriet Tubman was born a slave, escaped, and then went back a dozen times (or more) to lead slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Then during the civil war she helped the union as a spy, and soldier I believe. She was an incredible woman.

Jackson on the other hand was a slave owner and the genius behind the trail of tears. I think it's fitting he be either taken off or moved to the back of the bill. Harriet Tubman earned her place in history.

You didn't know either without looking at her wiki page. Did you know she was with the Republican Party and Jackson a democrat?

I knew without looking at her wiki. I was directing you to it for more details. I learned about her in school, decades ago, and my son (in first grade) told me what he learned about her a few months ago.

And if you'll remember, the political parties have shifted since Harriet Tubmans day - her party affiliation isn't important to me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's funny seeing all these people saying yes, yes, yes to this. Most of you haven't heard of her before today. She might have been a great person and all but that fact is this just political correctness because of sex and skin color. Once again everyone's afraid to say it.

Of course it is! Who remembers their 5th grade history class where we all learned of her?

So what was her claim to fame? I do know Andy Jackson defeated the bloody British at the Battle of New Orleans and was a president of the United States.

Do you really not know? Maybe you should take a look at her Wikipedia page.

Harriet Tubman was born a slave, escaped, and then went back a dozen times (or more) to lead slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Then during the civil war she helped the union as a spy, and soldier I believe. She was an incredible woman.

Jackson on the other hand was a slave owner and the genius behind the trail of tears. I think it's fitting he be either taken off or moved to the back of the bill. Harriet Tubman earned her place in history.

You didn't know either without looking at her wiki page. Did you know she was with the Republican Party and Jackson a democrat?

Party affiliation is utterly irrelevant here. The Republican Party of today is basically the opposite of what it was in the 19th century. Same with the Democrats. Don't you remember the Southern Strategy?

[Anonymous]

Political correctness gone mad. If their was any justice, recognition would have been given to Native American Indian leaders

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm all for Harriet or MLK to get a bill or coin. I've advocated for Harriet in the past. But, I'm not happy with changing the $1, $5, every denomination from a founding father or president to an influential woman or minority. Especially GW. I think there's balance to be considered, and tradition.

No one is suggesting they change the face of "every denomination." Other people who influenced our country's history will be represented on the backs of bills.

[Anonymous]

s. This decision was made by the Democrat appointee --- Jack Lew, formerly Obama's chief of staff --- of a Democrat President, at the behest of Democrat politicians. Andrew Jackson was one of the founders of the Democrat Party and the first Democrat President. He is of far, far greater historical significance than Tubman. But he's being expunged from history by the revisionists of the modern Democrat Party as part of their ceaseless pandering to buy votes.