The fact that you don't know of Harriet Tubman means you probably didn't pay attention in grade school and would do very poorly on "are you smarter than a 5th grader." Ask any 5th grader who she is and they will know. Your lack of knowledge shouldn't be the bar for the us gov.
OT: Our bills will be changing
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The fact that you don't know of Harriet Tubman means you probably didn't pay attention in grade school and would do very poorly on "are you smarter than a 5th grader." Ask any 5th grader who she is and they will know. Your lack of knowledge shouldn't be the bar for the us gov.
What this country really needs is an eight dollar five. You could go to Starbucks, buy your three dollar coffee, and get the same five back as change.
Personally I would prefer my money be much more gender neutral and the green color makes me think of the US ARMY war machine which is not a safe space for me. I look forward to kinder gentler colors with maybe some shapes but not masculine, rough, strong shapes. They also make me feel uneasy as they remind me of big banks and Wall St.
"On $20 bill, Dem's replace Andrew Jackson, a founding father of D Party, with Harriet Tubman, a black, gun toting, evangelical Christian Republican woman."
WSJ
Trump would so put himself on a bill.
Or maybe have his face stamped on all the gold bars at fort Knox(they still keep them there?).
Maybe we should know these names. Maybe it's time to expand our definitions of heroism. Who faced greater injustice, 19th century women or 18th century white landed aristocrats like Washington and Jefferson?
People become "legends" by virtue of the way history is handed down and taught. How history is taught is an outgrowth of the dominant cultural attitudes of those that are telling those stories. It's why scum like Jeff Davis and Alexander Stephens have statues in the south.
"I've never even heard of these people" is the problem in the first place. It's a reason TO recognize them, not a reason not to.
My choice would have been Frederick Douglass for the $20.
Talk about gradualism. "Phased in?" You would have been a helluva Tory in 1776! It took over 100 years for women to get the right to vote and you want to go another 100+ years for merely symbolic change. I know, Phyllis Schlafly is a radical feminist for you. Speaking of agendas- you're a walking billboard for the status quo.
Seriously, though... you haven't heard of Sojourner Truth or Elizabeth Cady Stanton? Either you didn't pay attention much in history class, or your teacher was weak sauce. Lucretia Mott and Alice Paul are somewhat lesser known, but still pretty important figures.
Edit: Maybe this is a testament to our educational system more than the contributions of those women.
Hear what you're saying but we exist because of those two dudes and a few others like them.
We've already forgotten the principles of the Founding Fathers, I guess we should now forget their names and contributions as well. Unreal.
For the record, Harriet Tubman is a terrific choice; great personal risk to accomplish a greater good. But, changing ONLY for political correctness doesn't sit well with me. MLK Jr. would be another great choice.
For the record, Harriet Tubman is a terrific choice; great personal risk to accomplish a greater good. But, changing ONLY for political correctness doesn't sit well with me. MLK Jr. would be another great choice.
Apparently these days the historical narrative in academia goes "Washington? He didn't do ****."
BTW - Do not misinterpret this as an objection to Tubman
In America, we put images of former presidents on our currency. Hmm...what do some other countries (like Taiwan) put on their currency? Maybe what their society values?
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Within 20 years,Jackson 20's will be selling for 20 times their face value on e-Bay.It'll be a better inflation hedge than will be anything else.
I'm surprised that Obama didn't issue a concomitant Executive Order banning ATM machines that dispense Hamilton's.
I'm surprised that Obama didn't issue a concomitant Executive Order banning ATM machines that dispense Hamilton's.
These are the moves the Boleshevik's made. Re-writing history. It's not a surprise that Obama's henchmen would focus on things like this.
Doesn't that all depend on what reports you believe? Isn't there still something like 4,500 tons of gold there?
I'm not saying they aren't important, I'm simply saying that for 200+ years we've had a pretty narrow definition of "American Hero": white men who held high office or fought in wars. Important, but there is more to the American story than powdered wigs.
You really have to ask that question? I told you this thread would be a trainwreck.
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