[NittanyLion]

So, you think we should put a nice, big statue of John Calhoun on Malcolm X Boulevard and 125th Street? He was American. And Harlem is in America. Who cares if it's divisive and a waste of teaxpayer money?

Incidentally, I'm not sure why a statue of Calhoun would be put in Harlem. Did he have some tie to the area?

I can understand why a statue of Lincoln might be put in Richmond, though. It's because Lincoln was President of the United States, and Richmond is a city in the United States. Moreover, the statue is to commemorate a trip Lincoln actually took to Richmond.

I'm sure you can see where your analogy fails.

[wideawake]

John Calhoun was Vice-President of the United States and New York City is a city in the United States. Calhoun was an Irish-American and Harlem used to be a heavily Irish community. Calhoun also visited New York City, though not in an official capacity.

There's a statue to Mahatma Gandhi in Union Square - and he has a much more tenuous link than Calhoun.