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Tubman stays on the $20 bill!Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary, Steve Mnuchin, has thrown the fate of Harriet Tubman's place on the U.S. $20 bill into question. Born enslaved and renowned for her tireless work to abolish slavery and win women the right to vote, Tubman was chosen during the Obama administration, to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. For his part, Jackson is largely remembered as the impetus behind the forced removal of Native Americans from their lands east of the Mississippi River, sending them on a march west now known as the Trail of Tears. Lew understood that the fate of Tubman on the $20 rested with his successor. When asked if he worried about whether his decision would be overturned, he's reported to have replied, "I don’t think somebody’s going to probably want to do that--to take the image of Harriet Tubman off of our money? To take the image of the suffragists off?” But then, Lew couldn't have imagined the toxic duo of Trump and Mnuchin. Symbols, like a powerful Black woman on our nation's $20 bill, matter. Especially today in the wake of so much Trump-fueled racist horror. That's why it's important that Mnuchin experience a quick and barbed rebuke from Americans across our nation--taxpayers who both pay for an use our nation's currency. And the message couldn't be clearer: Tubman stays.214 of 300 SignaturesCreated by Jo Comerford
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Confederate statuesWe do not need dissent between the people of this country and our American values are not represented by white supremacy groups or Nazis. This country was built on the strengths of a diversified nation.29 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Tanya Wilson
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GoDaddy: Don't Provide a Platform for HateThere is no room for hate in our country. And while freedom of speech is important, there is no reason that GoDaddy, the world's top hosting site, should be promoting white power nationalists whose platform is based on religious and ethnic intolerance.153 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Helen Faller
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National Muslim Women's Hijab DayMuslim women are being harassed, laughed at, put down, and in some cases denied the right to wear the hijab. Make a special day to celebrate the religious freedom we all have and stop the hate and fear.84 of 100 SignaturesCreated by National Muslim Women's Hijab Day
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Remove That StatueHaving met with negative results on numerous attempts to have this bust removed, we the undersigned are again requesting. It is today as it has always been offensive, oppressive and a constant reminder to Pueblo people of color and Natives of the genocide it represents.95 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Kelly Casias
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Remove Confederate Statues in Richmond, VAAt this point in time, these Confederate statues in our city of Richmond and in the state of Virginia as a whole, are only serving as locations for violent fringe groups (KKK, Neo-Nazi groups, Confederate groups, White Supremacist groups) to gather and express their hate for unity and inclusion among our citizens. Their rallies are meant to terrorize our communities and divide us in our efforts to establish equality for every citizen, and more importantly, provide safe communities for every citizen to dwell. We did not need statues to educate about the Holocaust, nor do we need statues to educate about the Civil War - this war was about perpetuating the institution of slavery for economic gain in the southern states - it was about violating the most basic human rights of Africans in viewing them as property. A timeline of the genesis of the Confederate sites shows two notable spikes. One comes around the turn of the 20th century, just after Plessy v. Ferguson, and just as many Southern states were establishing repressive race laws; lynchings and the KKK terrorism were peaking. The second runs from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s—the peak of the civil-rights movement. In other words, the erection of Confederate monuments has been a way to perform cultural resistance to black equality. The time is long overdue that we address the problem of these domestic terrorist groups that have been in this country for decade upon decade. One of the easiest things to do is to take away their places of congregating - these Confederate statues. Remove these statues and either put them in museums, auction them off and use the funds for our city, or destroy them. Do not give these domestic terrorist groups any more locations to assemble and terrorize our communities.66 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Larsdatter Torgorsen
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Remove all representations of Robt. E. Lee from public propertyI live in Lee County Florida and we have a statue of Robt. E Lee in downtown Fort Myers and a portrait of him in full uniform in the commissioners office. The people in power are oblivious to the pain this causes and at this point seem to have no intention of doing anything about it4 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Daniel Simmons
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Replace ALL Confederate Monuments With Monuments to RuPaul, Angela Davis or Brienne of TarthThis country is lousy with monuments to traitors and slavers who engaged in open warfare against the United States of America and in defense of the hideous institution of slavery. We should remove them all, every last one of them, forthwith. I think it would be great to replace them with monuments to actual sheroes, both real and imaginary, in the fight against injustice.7 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Phillip Anderson
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Change the racist Oklahoma Sooner name and mascotsAs part Cherokee it makes me sick that the racist connotations of the Sooner brand isn't recognized. The stealing of the land that the Cherokee we're already forced on is wrong and in now way should it be honored by the name Sooners.9 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Edward Buckles
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Remove Confederate Statues in AlabamaMinorities across the nation are being targeted by extremist terrorists called Neo-Nazis, White Nationalist, White Supremist, KKK, etc. These groups use the symbols from the Confederacy to promote supremacy, hate, and violence towards fellow Americans. These monuments must not be allowed to stand in public view.33 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Ricardo Martin
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Erect Civil Rights StatuesI propose that funding be allocated to erect statues in honor of Civil Rights icons and Native American heroes in proximity to Confederate icons, and in the capitol, and all urban centers. The awareness of how this country has prospered because of Slavery and the genocide of Native Americans is paramount. Marginalized peoples need to have the opportunity to honor their heroes and counteract the wave of emboldened aggression by Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists in this country.45 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Christopher Karczmar
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West Wing staff should resignThis petition is about ending the hate being directed at minority group members of all kinds by neo-Nazis and white supremacists. If even a few White House staffers resign in protest, it will make real news and inspire others to do the same.65 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Beth F. Cox