Friday, August 18, 2017

Al Sharpton puts the Jefferson Memorial on notice

Al Sharpton puts the Jefferson Memorial on notice

August 18, 2017 Al Sharpton puts the Jefferson Memorial on notice , 0 Comments


By National Review, Aug. 16, 2017

Asked by Charlie Rose (at the 15:30 mark) “should they take down the Jefferson Memorial?” Al Sharpton reflected on the nature of slavery then answered a different question: whether the federal government should support the memorial. Sharpton said it should not. “When you look at the fact that public monuments are supported by public funds you’re asking me to subsidize the insult of my family. I would repeat that the public should not be paying to uphold somebody who has had that kind of background. You have private museums, you have other things that you may want to do there.” 

The Jefferson Memorial obviously can’t be placed in a museum. I’m not sure how privatizing it would work but I doubt the protesters who are surely coming to it will much worry about that detail.

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