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"As Teddy Roosevelt’s Statue Falls, Let’s Remember How Truly Dark His History Was" by Jon Schwarz

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Thanks again to James, who contributed this article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Jon Schwarz Nazism was an outgrowth and the logical culmination of the European colonialism celebrated by Roosevelt. People pass by the Theodore Roosevelt Equestrian Statue in front of the the American Museum of Natural History on June 22, 2020, in New York City.   Photo: TImothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images NEW YORK CITY’S  American Museum of Natural History  announced Sunday  that it will remove its famous statue of President Teddy Roosevelt from its sidewalk entrance. The museum’s president emphasized that the decision was made based on the statue’s “hierarchical composition” — Roosevelt is on horseback, flanked by an African man and a Native American man on foot — rather than the simple fact that it portrayed Roosevelt. The museum, co-founded by Roosevelt’s father, will keep Roosevelt’s name on its Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall, Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda, and Theodore R...

BAR, Topic: Bigoted Paternalism Behind “Russians Targeted African-Americans” NY Times Article

“ The Times would have us believe that the reason African-Americans did not uniformly vote for Hillary Clinton and the Democrats is because they were too dimwitted to think for themselves.” Excerpt:  "The outlandish “Russian interference” narrative just took a turn from the banal to blatantly disrespectful. For the past two years, the punditry on the supposed left have been peddling the lie that the thousands of dollars spent on Facebook and Google ads—purportedly at the behest of Putin—had more impact on the outcome of the 2016 elections than the billions of dollars that were unleashed by corporations, lobbyists and the dark moneyed oligarchs. This week, the  New York Times decided to stop insulting our intelligence and instead chose to insult decency. According to an article written by Scott Shane and Sheera Frenkel, Russians allegedly unleashed an intricate plot to targeted African-Americans in order to foment discontent and dupe “black people” to vote against thei...