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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 05:55 PM Apr 2016

I asked, on FB, who would object to the new $20?

Here is what someone said.

I give them an 'A' for creativity...but that's all.



I do & so do others...this comment from another post perfectly sums up the way I feel about it:
"EXPLOITING Harriet Tubman's image ---- I have to wonder what she would think about having her image placed on a piece of paper that essentially symbolizes the debt enslavement of humanity. My guess is that she would not be pleased and she definitely not consider it an honor. To me, this is another case of appropriating the image of someone remarkable and re-coding it in a way that is just the opposite of who she really was. This is a manipulation! As far as I'm concerned, keep the original images on those bills; they more accurately represent who it was and who it is designed to benefit . They were certainly not created to benefit anything that had to do with Harriet Tubman... Changing the face on the bill has nothing to do with changing a system of debt enslavement and disenfranchisement."
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I asked, on FB, who would object to the new $20? (Original Post) SHRED Apr 2016 OP
Had not thought of it that way. hmm Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #1
I don't know SHRED Apr 2016 #2
^^^^^^^This Tikki Apr 2016 #4
Yeah, that makes more sense. Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #9
Valid points. Shows again, life and its challenges are far more involved . . . Journeyman Apr 2016 #3
I think she would celebrate, considering the hell she went through MerryBlooms Apr 2016 #5
My feeling is similar about having "In God We Trust" on our money. thesquanderer Apr 2016 #6
Yep. SHRED Apr 2016 #8
hard to ask someone who is dead...did anyone ask washington or lincoln? dembotoz Apr 2016 #7

Journeyman

(15,036 posts)
3. Valid points. Shows again, life and its challenges are far more involved . . .
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 06:03 PM
Apr 2016

than we may initially believe.

thesquanderer

(11,989 posts)
6. My feeling is similar about having "In God We Trust" on our money.
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 06:21 PM
Apr 2016

If God exists, I think that's about the last place she would want her name. Root of all evil, and all of that.

dembotoz

(16,808 posts)
7. hard to ask someone who is dead...did anyone ask washington or lincoln?
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 06:39 PM
Apr 2016

I think if given the choice old abe would have preferred not to get shot over being on currency

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