Posted on 06/19/2020 11:09:20 AM PDT by lowbridge
First lady Chirlane McCray will put statues and structures honoring historic figures tainted by slavery — including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson — under the microscope as part of a new “Commission on Racial Justice and Reconciliation,” Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday.
Hizzoner’s move comes a day after five city lawmakers — including City Council Speaker Corey Johnson — sent a letter requesting the statue of Jefferson be removed from the council’s chamber, as leaders across the city and nation struggle to respond to weeks of protests over racism that followed the death of George Floyd.
“This is exactly the kind of thing that this new commissions needs to examine,” de Blasio told reporters during his morning briefing, announcing his wife’s latest assignment. “I think it is the time to evaluate the entire look and feel of this city and a commission that’s focused on justice and reconciliation can really think about a bigger approach.
”McCray previously led a commission to build statues of historical women figures, which came under intense criticism after it snubbed sainted Italian-American nun Mother Cabrini.
The reconciliation commission is the second task force that McCray has been named to in recent weeks after Hizzoner selected her to co-chair a panel examining how racial inequities helped to fuel the coronavirus outbreak.
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Critics have slammed City Hall for using the high profile posts as a way to boost McCray’s profile as she eyes a possible run for the Brooklyn Borough presidency in 2021.
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She is running on the “Get Whitey” platform.
Making me sick to my stomach.
If the statute is of a white or a republican it must come down
That’s what happens when you elect communists.....
btw, I bet Krazy Eyed daughter gets to weigh in , too
Will she be sober?
...Or even clothed?
They need to bulldoze Grant’s tomb while they are at it. Grant was a slaveowner.
Hasn’t been discussed much, but I’d bet the rent that China figures large here. Their economy is in turmoil, domestic problems mount, international blame for covid-19 ain’t helping, Hong Kong is still a thorn and they have sympathizers all over the country that would be happy to cash their donation to ‘the cause’. It is the communist leadership of China who would benefit the most from what is happening now, and they have orders of magnitude more money to burn than Soros et al.
When are New Yorkers going to remove these clowns from office?
Recall?
Need to rename New York. The guy it was named after was a big supporter of the slave trade. Wonder if they’ll eventually get around to that? It’s the silly season so I wouldn’t be surprised.
But first, she needs to answer the question of what happened to the $850 million she can’t account for.
You mean the one he freed?
George Washington is the most important single human being to the existence, survival, and formation of the US as a constitutional republic. His courage, character, and acumen was simply indispensable to the US becoming the greatest nation in the history of mankind.
To think that the fate of this great (yes, flawed as we all are) man’s statue rests in the hands of this addled, deluded, radical and thoroughly despicable cultural marxist who impersonates a “First Lady” is abhorrent beyond any measure. NYC has sunk to the absolute depths of depravity by virtue of this reality.
A cooling off period is needed before taking down statues and other reminders of historic figures.
So will we see replacement statues, with such luminaries as Lenin, Stalin, Karl Marx, Chairman Mao, Fidel Castro replacing Washington and Jefferson????
Yep. NYers have short memories.
The utter absurdity of this speaks a great deal about the real intentions of the leaders of certain movements.
The deep state war party is on the heavy offensive. All the supporters are nothing but future cannon fodder and stooges.
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