You're a bit behind the times...the statue of Teddy, outside if NYC's NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ( which, sans Teddy's father and his money, would NEVER have existed! ) was called to be taken down yesterday or the day before.
Teddy was NOT a "racist", yet the morons clam that he was.
Maybe next, the uneducated cretins, in Chicago, will demand a name change for Grant Park. Though they still have yet to call for the street name changes of Monroe, Madison, etc.!
You might want to read up on the Brownsville Affair in 1906 where Teddy unjustly slapped 167 black soldiers with dishonorable discharges based on false charges and refused to reverse his decision despite evidence of their innocence, which is standard practice for Progressives like Roosevelt. I am completely confident that this event is not the basis for those targeting his statue, but it is the main reason I relocated a bust of TR I have to basement storage. Of course I am not siding with those who seek to destroy history.