The American Museum of Natural History has expressed plans to have the statue of Theodore Roosevelt removed from its entrance on Central Park West. While the statue belongs to the city, the AMNH has requested its removal.
This decision comes amid growing protests for racial justice – along with an increased national focus on the removal of controversial figures.
The decision also follows an incident in which someone threw paint on the statue earlier this month, after which it was barricaded and protected by the NYPD.
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“The Statue has long been controversial because of the hierarchical composition that places one figure on horseback and the others walking alongside, and many of us find its depictions of the Native American and African figures and their placement in the monument racist,” the statement reads.
However, the museum won’t entirely be cutting its ties with Teddy, as they’ve also stated that the Hall of Biodiversity will be named after him.
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Hope,the next step will be fire of idiotic management of AMNH.
Our entire history is being hijacked and erased. Cowardly capitulation to mob rule by AMNH
This is just stupid. Pretty much everyone in history was a racist. It’s only in the last century or so that we recognized that all humans need to be treated fairly and with respect. Forcing our current values on past hero’s negates the good they did.
Of course, to the “woke” movement a person is only as good as their worst deed.
Absolutely correct.
The pyramids and Roman structures were built by “slaves” of one ilk or another thousands of years ago. Slavery is as old as history.
The United States has led the way on re-nouncing slavery and that progress is of note.
Our history is the medium from which those harsh lessons have been learned. Eliminating or minimizing it risks losing the value of those lessons.
Every cultural institution and corporation is bowing to pressure from groups to erase history, which can’t be done. I think AMNH are traitors to this country if they take the statue down and I don’t care where they decide to put it in storage. TR has done more good for this country, but like everything else, you can do 99 things right but people remember the 1 thing you did wrong. All of the people who want statues removed should look at what they’ve done in their lives and if they’ve treated everybody with respect and kindness. My feeling is, probably not.
I could not have said it better-agree 100%.
I would not lump all efforts to remove statutes as traitorous. In fact, Confederate statutes are monuments to traitors to the Union. They should be removed or explicitly denoted as traitors. Also, military bases should not be named in honor of traitors to the Union.
Oops—“Statues” NIT “Statutes”
Disgusting that the AMNH is taking this statue down. I have lost all respect for this institution and for all of the people who are responsible for making this terrible decision. Teddy Roosevelt achieved great things for our country. The AMNH callously just tossed Teddy Roosevelt aside and threw him under the bus.
They’re not taking the statue down because of Teddy Roosevelt’s legacy. After all, we wouldn’t have Teddy Bears if it weren’t for him! They’re taking down the statue because its depiction of the native american and the black man are implicitly racist. I remember feeling very disturbed by this statue as a young child visiting the museum over 50 years ago. It’s time for us to evolve.
I think I’ll boycott the museum. They’ll remove the statue, which is a piece of artwork, but rename the Hall for biodiversity after him? Then when the PC police raise hell about that will they quietly rename it the Malcom X hall for biodiversity. Wishy-washy suits who don’t stand for anything.
The best thing about removing the statue is that if you left by that same route, you were greeted by a gigantic horse’s ass. This wasn’t racist, or anything, just bad statue placement. Take the statue down, put it somewhere else- – at a museum for racist, stupid statues, and have the departing visitor at the AMNH see the great view of Central Park from that elevation. It should be placed, in its new location in such a way that the visitor can’t get behind it.
Some of us like horses’ asses. Some of us ARE horses’s asses.
Lets all go protest outside of the Museum every weekend, block all entrances, surround the statue so they can not take it down. Watch how fast we all get labeled racists and removed forcibly by the police. This is one of the dumbest most cowardly things I have ever heard of. Why don’t the people who support the statue have a say? I am offended by this move but that doesn’t matter. Those who can interpret this statue as racist ARE racist. How else could you get to that interpretation of a great leader on horseback followed by others unless your mind is already in that space? Disgusting!
To the extent that TR victimized people of color (did he?) a removal would be right to consider. For example Woodrow Wilson re-segregated the US Post Office and glorified Birth of aNation, and I think the renaming of buildings thatborehisnameis right.