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andros_rex@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 15 hours ago

“This script is fantastic. Let’s get Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman.”

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“This script is fantastic. Let’s get Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman.”

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andros_rex@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 15 hours ago
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    Probably not, but she’s an important figure of the American history. The real question, though, is who will know about Harriet Tubman in a few years, once she gets erased from American history books.

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      At least people will be able to remember she looked like Julia Roberts

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        Elon Musk will build The Above Ground Railroad to save white South African immigrants from the tyranny of paying taxes.

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          The Above Ground Hyperloop

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            Relevant picture

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      Yeah, she died in 1913, if she has not been erased in 112 years, and with people still wanting to make a movie about her…

      Perhaps you may be leaning into conspiracy theories and are fear mongering yourself and others. Stop it.

      Here, from Wikipedia:

      Parks, monuments, and historical sites

      National parks and national monuments related to Tubman in the United States are the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park, both in Maryland,[215] and the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn.[216] The Salem Chapel in St. Catharines, Canada where Tubman worshipped, is a National Historic Site of Canada.[217]

      The city of Auburn, New York has several historical sites related to Tubman, including her gravesite.[218][219] Other state and local historical sites about Tubman include the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park[220] and the Harriet Tubman Memorial Garden[221] in Maryland, and the Harriet Tubman Museum is in New Jersey.[222]


      Artistic portrayals

      Tubman is the subject of many works of art. Musicians including Woody Guthrie, Wynton Marsalis, and Walter Robinson have written songs celebrating her.[223] She is the subject of operas by Thea Musgrave,[224] Nkeiru Okoye,[225] and Hilda Paredes,[226] as well as plays by Carolyn Gage and a collaboration of May Miller and Willis Richardson.[227] Tubman is the focus of novels by Elizabeth Cobbs,[228] Marcy Heidish,[229] Anne Parrish,[230] and Bob the Drag Queen,[231] and is a character in novels by Terry Bisson,[232] Ta-Nehisi Coates,[233] and James McBride.[234]

      Since Tubman’s life was first dramatized on television in a 1963 episode of the series The Great Adventure,[235] she has been portrayed in TV productions such as The Good Lord Bird,[236] Timeless,[237] Underground,[236] and A Woman Called Moses.[238] Cynthia Erivo received an Academy Award nomination for portraying Tubman in the 2019 biographical film Harriet.[239]


      Dozens of schools,[247] streets and highways,[248] church groups, social organizations, and government agencies have been named after Tubman.[249] In 1944, the United States Maritime Commission launched the SS Harriet Tubman, its first Liberty ship named for a black woman.[211]

      On November 11, 2024, Tubman was posthumously commissioned as a one-star general in the Maryland National Guard in recognition of her military service during the Civil War.[250]

      Edit: Look at the people downvoting this pro-Tubman post. LOL

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        Yeah, it’s not like we’ve got a government administration that is actively seeking to remove mentions of women and people of color from their websites.

        Its not like the Smithsonian is returning artifacts to people against their requests, and pulling specific items from view to please the current administration.

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          First and foremost, you are side stepping my comment. She ain’t getting “erased.” You could admit to just being wrong there. Instead of moving the goal post.

          First link: They are removing DEI stuff from NASA. We do not have to insert DEI into everything if it is not merited. They are not trying to “erase” people from history. DEI is based on political ideology that tends to be performative rather actually useful. Look at all the corporations that claims to support LGBT issues in the USA but say and do nothing in Muslim countries? Why? Because it is all a grift that people in the USA and other countries fall for. Search about the missing money from BLM, Something like half of the 90+ million is just gone. Mostly in houses, salaries to friends, family and crazy lifestyles, travelling. Up here in Toronto, the head of BLM embezzled like $100,000 from York University. Then claimed racism when they took her to court, backtracked that claim the day before the court date and said she would try to pay it back as a way to avoid possible jail. Merited credit is good, Tubman is not going anywhere.

          Second link: They are returning the stuff to their rightful owners. They could just donate the items, if they wanted to and care so much about the history. As they claim. If it was part of the collection it would be up on display.

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            That’s not even close to a thought out response, just reactive defense of the current administration fascistic policies and desire to erase history.

            Is it normal that they are removing women from military history?

            Does the boot leather taste that great?

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              Source of your link:

              “One official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details that have not been made public, said the purge could delete as many as 100,000 images or posts in total, when considering social media pages and other websites that are also being culled for DEI content. The official said it’s not clear if the database has been finalized.”

              Do you have an actual source and not fear mongering? I think you seem to lack understanding on what “erasure,” actually means. No one is hiding or destroying anything.

              Also, what you are saying is that I was correct with Tubman or you are still cannot admit to being wrong or are you going to just move the goal post again, Friend? As hominems just prove my point, as you would not resort to those.

              I mean, people can down vote me all they want, but we both know you were wrong. LOL

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                  It is quite impressive that you think that anyone who disagrees with you is automatically a MAGA supporter. Tell me friend, is a MAGA supporter in the same room where you are at, can other people see them, or just you? Or do you think they just humouring you? Or do they just live rent free in your head 24/7?

                  Is a Pizza slice with anchovies a Facist pizza just because you may not like anchovies?

                  You certainly seem like you are operating on a 1 track mind.

                  LOL

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                    Feel free to stick your head in the sand and ignore the world around you.

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        screenshot of NPS.gov page on Underground Railroad on Jan 21st and on March 19th. Please explain me what happened here.

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          Good stuff. Thanks for sharing!

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