re: Who would you rather see on the $20 bill?

Harry Truman on the front, mushroom cloud on the back.

My argument would be that we can find thousands of men and women who showed physical courage. We don't put them on money. We put people who built our country and government on money. If people decide they want to do that then so be it but it is not the current standard.

Having said that we used to put all kinds of things on money, lady liberty, animals, indians, etc. So you can always argue for putting anything on.

So slave owners on money is ok but not a former slave that freed and liberated many? Ole Miss logic.

Sigh.


All I am saying, since you clearly have not read all of my comments or your comprehension is as poor as it appears, is that it does not fit into the criteria that determined the current figures on US currency. People can do whatever they want. Your criteria is apparently, anybody who does nice things. So we can replace them all with whatever nice guy we want.

I think it is insulting to women, minorities, etc. that they don't even bother to look for women who have been major drivers of US government policy because they don't know the first thing about US history beyond the pictures they saw in their 7th grade Social Studies book.

Lowell George

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Did you forget to check your white privilege this morning?

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She's actually known for some of her Civil Rights activism between resigning from the Daughters of the American Revolution (very publicly) when they denied Marian Anderson the use of Constitution Hall and helped arrange her performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial instead. She also arranged the appointment of Mary McLeod Bethune as the Director of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration. She worked with Pauli Murray (Brown vs Board of Education) on civil rights issues, flew with the Tuskegee Airmen in order to bring to public light their program.

I was checking my someone to represent a wide range of people privilege. Between her work with the UN, with FDR on the New Deal, the push for the acceptance of European refugees during the war, and etc she covers a pretty large swath of men and women of all races.

I didn't say she wasn't "a helluva individual." I said that we typically don't put people on money for being "a helluva individual." I know of war heroes who did crazier things than her but they don't need to be put on money, we have other honors for that.

Never said she or war heroes need to be put on money.

Just don't see a reason why not other than "that's not the way we typically do it."

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Tubman was objectively a helluva individual. Yes there are a myriad of others whose exploits we'll never know about. That's been the case throughout world history, not just American, tbh. Does not diminish her actions in the slightest nor reflect poorly upon those who'd wish to recognize her in such a way.

I truly don't care whose face is on money or not, but that's kind of a silly reason to exclude her, IMO.

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Yeah, Gnash is selling Tubman WAYYYYYY short here.

Harriet Tubman was a real SJW. A real one who repeatedly risked her life.

All Rosa Parks did was sit on the wrong bus seat and have a bad attitude one afternoon. She then became the cause celeb.