This sickens me. Teddy took a lot of criticism at the time by making peace with defeated Indian chiefs and ensuring that Black Americans could exercise their rights insofar as the nasty Democrat governors in the south and otherwise embedded into government wouldn’t obstruct. IOW, he was exactly the opposite of how the idiot mayor of New York is trying to paint him and the artist of this statue was celebrating that achievement.
Teddy Roosevelt endured a torrent of abuse, particularly from the New York newspapers, when when he was the first president to ever invite a black man to dinner at the White House, his guest being Booker T. Washington. I’m certain it’s the height of folly to expect that the museum’s Board of Trustees would know that, much less the ridiculous mayor of New York City. Until you’ve taken a stroll around Manhattan’s upper west side where the museum is located, you have no idea the depth of fanatical liberalism that rules the petty little lives of its self-absorbed residents.
There’s a great scene in “Annie Hall” where Woody Allen reduces Carol Kane to a cultural stereotype of the typical upper west sider. Watch it if you get the chance as it will explain the typical resident,self-righteous posing of that most liberal of Manhattan enclaves.
I am sure that your knowledge of the facts in the case of TR and the Indian Chiefs as well as the black Americans is accurate. But we all know that the idiot mayor and governor will never allow facts to overrule their agendas.
Facts, be damned!
It is sickening to all.