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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJim Webb Rails Against White Privilege 'Myth' In Defense Of Andrew Jackson (TPM)
Webb joined conservatives in blasting the Treasury Department's decision to bump Jackson to the back of the bill in order to put legendary abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the front. He wrote Sunday in a Washington Post op-ed that the decision was "an indication of how far political correctness has invaded our educational system and skewed our national consciousness."
"This dismissive characterization of one of our great presidents is not occurring in a vacuum," he wrote. "Any white person whose ancestral relations trace to the American South now risks being characterized as having roots based on bigotry and undeserved privilege. Meanwhile, race relations are at their worst point in decades."
Webb characterized the debate over Jackson's presidency as "emotional" and lacking a basis in historical fact. He went on to lament what he called the myth of "universal white privilege" tarnishing the former President's legacy.
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We don't need him in the party.
Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)nt
Jackie Wilson Said
(4,176 posts)a slight to him.
But, even if that were not true, what is true is Ms Tubman is a vastly better choice for the bill for any number of reasons.
But the racists gonna hate that, they will.
I remember when MLK was given a holiday, if I had a dollar for every time I heard "we should give MacArthur a holiday before MLK"
MADem
(135,425 posts)He ran on our team and won because his opponent Howdy Macaca Doody was a total and overtly racist (as opposed to subtly racist) idiot.
He didn't like the slow pace of the Senate so he quit the gig.
He's always been a horrid sexist--his views about women in service during the Reagan years and beyond were positively neanderthal (apologies to neanderthals).
He was useful to us for six years, but that's pretty much the end of his run. He thought he could run for President from his front porch, and that didn't go too well, either.
struggle4progress
(118,309 posts)Chill the fug out