{"id":16814,"date":"2020-07-23T13:30:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T20:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=16814"},"modified":"2020-07-23T13:30:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T20:30:23","slug":"the-underground-railroad-is-now-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2020\/07\/23\/the-underground-railroad-is-now-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Underground Railroad Is Now Racist"},"content":{"rendered":"

     A mural at the Vermont Law School which depicts the underground railroad and both Black and White individuals helping said slave, including Frederic Douglas, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown has been deemed racist and oppressive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2018The depictions of the African-Americans on the mural are offensive to many in our community and, upon reflection and consultation, we have determined that the mural is not consistent with our School\u2019s commitment to fairness, inclusion, diversity, and social justice,\u2019 McHenry said in the email.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe colorful mural entitled \u2018The Underground Railroad, Vermont and the Fugitive Slave\u2019 depicts Africans being forced into slavery and sold at auction, images of John Brown, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe, and a blond Vermont woman trying to block the view of a bounty hunter looking for fugitives trying to escape slavery on the Underground Railroad.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2018One issue of many, is the fact that the depictions of Black people are completely inaccurate. Regardless of what story is being told overexaggerating Black features is not OK and should not be tolerated. White colonizers who are responsible for the horrors of slavery should not also be depicted as saviors in the same light,\u2019 they said.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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     The only problem with the mural is that is it ugly, in your humble author\u2019s opinion, and all the figures<\/a> are painted in an unapealing way.<\/p>\n

     Only in this woke day and age would a celebration of the fight against slavery be considered \u201cproblematic<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

     It\u2019s only a matter of time before the famous post office mural of John Brown is taken down for celebrating an evil White man.<\/p>\n

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