UW-Madison students call for removal of Lincoln statue

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26. Romanticizing white men is a dangerous game.

Lincoln’s actions as President are worthy of recognition in the annals of history. Lincoln’s beliefs as a man make him unworthy of any idols, statues or monuments.


Trigger warning: Abraham Lincoln quote below.

“I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races … I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races from living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be a position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.” - Abraham Lincoln