Opposing Harriet Tubman, has messed with wrong woman
By Michael Gerson
May 27 at 1:56 PM
When .. Trump invites historical comparisons, it is usually to his detriment. This is the risk of being .. more corrupt .. and .. less articulate than .. Harding (whose rhetoric reminded H.L. Mencken of “a string of wet sponges” and “stale bean soup”).
... the .. snubbing of .. Tubman in favor of extending .. Jackson’s run.. on the $20 bill is .. revealing ... for who is being kept on the money — not only the proud owner of slaves, but also the political author of a vicious white man’s populism. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump called the proposed replacement of Jackson “pure political correctness.” Actually, the switch would be an example of sound moral judgment. Jackson’s defining cause was the ethnic cleansing of Native American lands to make way for more slavery-based agriculture. In pursuit of his pale-faced vision of democracy, Jackson was imperious, violent and indifferent to constitutional norms. Late at night, if Trump speaks to the portrait of Jackson he has hung on the wall of the Oval Office .. the two .. would find much in common ...
... Tubman may have been illiterate, but she was justly celebrated for her fearlessness and sense of calling. White supremacists attempted to create an image of black inferiority, passivity and helplessness. Tubman was bold, calm under pressure and organizationally gifted ...
The work of Tubman and other conductors was .. a demonstration of African American agency in the defeat of slavery. Contrary to accounts that exaggerated the role of whites, the Underground Railroad was mainly manned and funded by free blacks in the North (and Canada). Black women contributed money to support Tubman’s raids. Black churches hid fleeing refugees. Black “vigilance committees” in the North met slave hunters with physical resistance ...
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The photos of her, old though these are, shine forth with strength.
