[Oe List ...] Symbols are Important

[Jim & OliveAnn Slotta via OE]

Thank you for calling our attention to this clear and present danger,  
Rod! Another thing occurred to me as I read these historical  
interchanges--There is also a mathematical reality at play here.   
Approximately half of the humans populating this Republic are female.  
As symbol is indeed key, perhaps it would be important to see a  
woman's face on one of our bills! I'm supporting Harriet!

OliveAnn Slotta

On Sep 1, 2017, at 9:39 AM, Rod Rippel via OE wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
>     Symbols are important!
>     I doubt there are many citizens who can remember one thing  
> Andrew Jackson did for our Country.  Not that he didn’t do many  
> perhaps.  But I am objecting to the President’s recent proposal to  
> remove Harriet Tubman as the new Symbol on our 20-Dollar bill.  The  
> struggle to eliminate slavery as an institution and the subsequent  
> turmoil of Civil Rights for all citizens up until, and including  
> this very day, have made a huge impact on our nation and its history.
> That struggle deserves to be recognized and memorialized and not  
> dismissed.
> Tubman, or some equivalent figure from our Black citizen’s  
> population, deserves to be honored, and not summarily dismissed by  
> our current President.
>
> Rod Rippel
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