An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the Trump administration.
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Racism. No other motivation for this. I am not American but what I do know of American history is that Harriet Tubman is a heroine of which any country should be proud.
Pretty straight line from...
#Charlottesville2017, the gaslighting chant of "[they] will not replace us" to this...
...essentially replacing all others with MAGA whiteness.
This Erasure of #HarrietTubman is shameful, but don't pretend this was unexpected from this lot. #racism #MAGAracism
I should have checked. The article I was referring to was about the general Underground Railroad page of the park service. And even then, I was wrong and should have checked. Thank you.
We are supposed to learn from the past so that we can do better in the future. The goal of rewriting history is usually to make it much easier to repeat. I wonder what the goal is here?
Elect white supremacists and this is what happens. Unfortunately, half of the country is behind this shit. Just a quick question, though. If a Democrat is elected president in the future, they’ll all be okay with us rewriting history? Hopefully we’ll have another election.
My Quaker ancestors were part of the Underground Railroad. I consider the bravery, the sheer terror, the danger for all involved and why would anyone in their right mind want to make believe it never happened or erase the remarkable guts of a Black Woman ( 2 strikes against her?) Ignorant imbecile
Lies, omissions, revisionist history. The wide scale white washing and expunged records are not only mind blowing, it is extremely evident that the wrecking ball of an oligarch is at work. Dumpty feels that if the records are ‘tucked away under his stage or bathroom,” the event never occurred. Idiot
This should be posted everywhere and in every publication. We need to stop this or these bigots now! trump and his maga followers are nothing but racist bigots!
It’s troubling when historical figures like Harriet Tubman, who played such a central role, are erased or downplayed. We should be preserving that history, not editing it out.
My biggest fear is that we won’t be able to put this genie back in the bottle. He has emboldened so much hate, bigotry and xenophobia that even if we were to succeed in removing him from office, his base would continue to support any GOP nom that has even remotely similar motives that he does.
How did you get the black vote ???
How can they possibly erase history and do it legally?
Where are our elected officials?
People voted for him, voted for a fraud.
Basically, RACIST/confederate loyalist whites are trying 2 WHITEWASH history or anything that shines a light on all the prejudicial atrocities that their ancestors have committed towards African-Americans 4 centuries; including Indigenous (Slavery, Genocide, Jim Crow, etc.)
Almost as bad as removing Harriet Tubman's photo was recasting the story of the Underground Railway as a joint affair between black and white participants signifying amity, partnership and cooperation between the races.
Not done yet! Bring your Friends and Family! We need to stop him from dismantling everything we hold dear. The world is counting on us to stand up to this administration and tell them NO!
How "any self-respecting Black person" who supports Trump and his attempt to erase US from history is either delusional or mentally ill. What do people like Byron Donalds tell their mixed-race children about BLACK HISTORY, which is American history?
I knew it was coming
I knew it would be aggressive and cruel but they’re blatantly erasing Black America
He is dehumanizing us bit by bit
Death by a million cuts
What did we do to deserve this?
Haven’t we been through enough?
Haven’t we suffered enough?
Why do they hate us?
We are the inconvenient truth, & it’s impossible to explain where we came from and how we came to be here in this country without mentioning slavery. They can try to erase us & their white supremacy history all they want but our mere presence makes it not doable.
I’ll state this again, what they do with the new aircraft carrier Doris Miller. How can you honor him without acknowledging that he was black & that he was limited in how he could serve because of his skin color. You can’t honor him without telling his whole life’s story. Any reporters out there?
Why are they so afraid of the truth? It's only going to be 4 years, and then all that information is going right back. Especially the part about that beautiful woman who risked her life to save others. Republicans are out. And we don't forget.
This is so incredibly disheartening.
And he and his minions will do this again and again and again. Kids growing up in 5 years will have no knowledge of true history, and, save for the Internet Wayback Machine [that Trump hasn't yet destoyed], they will have no way of finding out.
I'll keep telling her story. Her story was fine for school kids in 1970 and 1980 and 1990 and 2000 and ffs you DO NOT want me to summon the ghost of Harriet Tubman back to the White House.
The webpage in question does have an image of Harriet Tubman and does mention slavery from the third paragraph to the final paragraph. Here's the screenshot of "What is the Underground Railroad?" page from the National Park Service website.
This is a troubling trend. Erasing the legacy of figures like Harriet Tubman diminishes our understanding of history and the courage of those who fought for freedom. Why do we silence voices that inspire change?
What a racist bigot. His hatred of anything "DEI" is so ridiculous, on the edge of serial killer mentality. It's ironic that his entire cabinet could be defined as "DEI hires."
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#Charlottesville2017, the gaslighting chant of "[they] will not replace us" to this...
...essentially replacing all others with MAGA whiteness.
This Erasure of #HarrietTubman is shameful, but don't pretend this was unexpected from this lot. #racism #MAGAracism
I am dumb
I am Donald trump
https://harriettubmanbyway.org/the-byway/
It aged so well.
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How can they possibly erase history and do it legally?
Where are our elected officials?
People voted for him, voted for a fraud.
DEI = anything Black 😏
Harriet Tubman is US history.
Trump tried to make her a mystery.
His racism caused fury to explode.
Don’t railroad the Underground Railroad.
I hope they enjoy unemployment.
(I make no apologies for my language.)
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I knew it would be aggressive and cruel but they’re blatantly erasing Black America
He is dehumanizing us bit by bit
Death by a million cuts
What did we do to deserve this?
Haven’t we been through enough?
Haven’t we suffered enough?
Why do they hate us?
Segregation laws ended in 1964. I bet Trump cried into his hood all day long when that was announced.
Donald Trump declares himself the 46th President of the United States because Obama didn't count.
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And he and his minions will do this again and again and again. Kids growing up in 5 years will have no knowledge of true history, and, save for the Internet Wayback Machine [that Trump hasn't yet destoyed], they will have no way of finding out.
Ministry of Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8rGrg-OZGc
A 20 acre historical site
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