Anonymous wrote:Harriet Tubman, born into slavery, will replace slaveowner Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. The woman who once sought $20 to bring her parents to freedom will now be on every single new $20 bill.

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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?[/quote]

The parties had vastly differing stances back then as opposed to now.

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Anonymous wrote:Jackson was a great President. Tubman - Obama was behind it.

Obama thinks platitudes like this will raise his popularity. It will - with those who don't think things through and simply react to how it feels.

I think Tubman deserves honoring, but not at the expense of another individual. In fact, re-writing history like this is foolish. As a Jew, I don't want Hitler forgotten - I want his photo everywhere. I want youth to know who he was and what happened, as if they don't, his evil deeds will be minimized and they WILL occur again. Liberals wanting all visual signs of slave-owners purged in the name of feeling good are risking youth not caring that slavery occurred at all. What, you say? They will teach it in the schools? It will mean NOTHING to these kids - they are simply too far away from it.

Being offended is a very, VERY important life-lesson. If you've never been offended or been faced with something offensive, you have no idea how NOT to offend others.

(Also a Jew) But would you really want Hitler to be prominently featured on the most popular bill in the treasury? One you'd get several of every time you go to the ATM? One you'd handle every day of your life? I sure wouldn't. I want the face of my country represented, with people who changed history and laws in our country for the better. Of course that includes our founding fathers. But it also includes many, many women and people of color who aren't taught about as much in school.

FWIW, I'm a raging liberal, and I think the expunging of the names of slave owners and other people who have questionable history (beyond the good they did for our country) is ridiculous. And Alexander Hamilton, who was saved from being taken off of the $10, was a slave owner.

As I understand it, Jacksons ownership of slaves is not the real issue with him - it's one of many. He also was the reason behind the Trail of Tears. Another piece of history you should have learned about in grade school.

So you want that to be erased from history as well? I don't.

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Anonymous wrote:Jackson was a great President. Tubman - Obama was behind it.

Obama thinks platitudes like this will raise his popularity. It will - with those who don't think things through and simply react to how it feels.

I think Tubman deserves honoring, but not at the expense of another individual. In fact, re-writing history like this is foolish. As a Jew, I don't want Hitler forgotten - I want his photo everywhere. I want youth to know who he was and what happened, as if they don't, his evil deeds will be minimized and they WILL occur again. Liberals wanting all visual signs of slave-owners purged in the name of feeling good are risking youth not caring that slavery occurred at all. What, you say? They will teach it in the schools? It will mean NOTHING to these kids - they are simply too far away from it.

Being offended is a very, VERY important life-lesson. If you've never been offended or been faced with something offensive, you have no idea how NOT to offend others.

(Also a Jew) But would you really want Hitler to be prominently featured on the most popular bill in the treasury? One you'd get several of every time you go to the ATM? One you'd handle every day of your life? I sure wouldn't. I want the face of my country represented, with people who changed history and laws in our country for the better. Of course that includes our founding fathers. But it also includes many, many women and people of color who aren't taught about as much in school.

FWIW, I'm a raging liberal, and I think the expunging of the names of slave owners and other people who have questionable history (beyond the good they did for our country) is ridiculous. And Alexander Hamilton, who was saved from being taken off of the $10, was a slave owner.

Yes, I do. Why? Because look what happened with September 11th. What happened was not forgotten, but WHY has been whitewashed to the point where it's now OUR fault, according to liberals. WE provoked it. So yes, I want Hitler in everyone's face, ALL THE TIME.

Anonymous wrote:It should have been Clara Barton.

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Anonymous wrote:It should have been Clara Barton.

I was hoping for Tupac or the notorious B.I.G.

Anonymous wrote:I'm not a Trump supporter but he got it right this morning on the Today Store. Polictical Correct at its worse. At least he's not afraid to speck the truth.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm happy for HT but not at the expense of Eleanor Roosevelt who got the most votes. Whenever something goes to women, white men try a "two-fer" to get someone black to appease blacks and women. So white women always end up last on the list.

Oh, really. Trying to appease blacks and women.

Do you really think people are going to start forgetting who Eleanor Roosevelt was?

Anonymous wrote:I think white women don't matter...we're treated as worse tokens than blacks are. And, we're more than 50% of the populations...blacks about 13%

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Anonymous wrote:I'm happy for HT but not at the expense of Eleanor Roosevelt who got the most votes. Whenever something goes to women, white men try a "two-fer" to get someone black to appease blacks and women. So white women always end up last on the list.

Oh, really. Trying to appease blacks and women.

Do you really think people are going to start forgetting who Eleanor Roosevelt was?

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Why not a Native American?

Anonymous wrote:Now if we could just get the "In God We Trust" off currency.

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Anonymous wrote:I think white women don't matter...we're treated as worse tokens than blacks are. And, we're more than 50% of the populations...blacks about 13%

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Anonymous wrote:I'm happy for HT but not at the expense of Eleanor Roosevelt who got the most votes. Whenever something goes to women, white men try a "two-fer" to get someone black to appease blacks and women. So white women always end up last on the list.

Oh, really. Trying to appease blacks and women.

Do you really think people are going to start forgetting who Eleanor Roosevelt was?

Well, you were the biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action.

I think it's interesting that you put black women with blacks instead of women. Do you not consider Harriet Tubman a woman? If you stop focusing on the white, you might be pleased by this move.

Anonymous wrote:She wasn't chosen because she was a "woman"...she was chosen to be able to check two boxes -- "black" and "woman". And how in the world do you think white women benefited from affirmative action? That is nonsense. We've been left out forever...and are behind blacks.