Charlottesville Removes Robert E. Lee, Lewis & Clark and Sacagawea Statues (MSNBC)

[ItsjustMe]

The Confederate Robert E. Lee, Lewis & Clark and Sacagawea statues have been removed in Charlottesville, Virginia.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Good riddance

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[EarnestPutz]

2. Lewis and Clark? This justified by the systemic racism that makes rent in.....

....Charlottesville too high for black folk. Seriously?

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3. Sacagawea ? Why?

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4. They were one statue-fused at the bottom-Sacagewea, clark and louis.

[Glorfindel]

5. I just heard on NPR that her descendants asked for the removal

They are offended by the way she was portrayed, crouching behind Lewis and Clark. At least she got her face on a dollar coin.

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[FailureToCommunicate]

7. Yikes! That IS a crappy statue (for her vital role)!

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6. Descendants of Sacagawea say the statue is offensive (NPR)

Descendants of Sacagawea say the statue is offensive
The statue of Lewis, Clark and Sacajawea was erected in 1919 and depicts Lewis and Clark viewing the Pacific Ocean for the first time. Sacagawea is crouched behind the two of them.

Dustina Abrhamson, a descendant of the Native American icon, told NPR in 2019 that the statue made her great-great-great aunt appear cowardly.

"It depicts our ancestor as if she was a dog going along on the trip," Abrahamson said at the time.

More: https://www.npr.org/2021/07/10/1014959484/after-removing-two-statues-charlottesville-officials-vote-to-take-down-a-third