Friday, April 22, 2016

Trump: Tubman on the $20 bill is 'pure political correctness'



http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/21/politics/donald-trump-tubman-bill-political-correctness/

Donald Trump thinks anti-slavery icon Harriet Tubman is "fantastic" but he says the move to have her replace seventh president Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill is "pure political correctness." He said in an interview with NBC that, "Andrew Jackson had a great history, and I think it's very rough when you take somebody off the bill, I think Harriet Tubman is fantastic, but I would love to leave Andrew Jackson or see if we can maybe come up with another denomination."
Trump thinks that in doing this we are just trying to please the black community or that we are trying to make up for history. But it's time for a change. We are suppose to celebrate people who have made our country great and Tubman was one of those people. By putting her on the $20 and taking off Jackson we are making a statement. We are saying that we are not going to glorify and preserve a man that was a slave owner but hold a woman who saved many black lives to high esteem. We only recognize black accomplishments nationally in February but by doing this we can begin to recognize these people daily like Tubman.

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