Replacing statues... flows from replacing people. General thesis of the article. Replacing more and more people in positions of power will flow from this - and then getting new cultural and economic norms similar to the countries of origin of the new populace. It’s a given. And we are seeing it.
There is a statue of George Floyd in a “wifebeater” T-shirt in front of Newark’s city hall.
The city should be boycotted/avoided (though most NJ residents already do that). In a few more years when it is a Hispanic city, it might be worth visiting.