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My favored strategy would be be to put Harriet Tubman on the penny as the best path forward. This puts a wanted social change into the culture (Putting a black
by logicalmonster 6y ago
My favored strategy would be be to put Harriet Tubman on the penny as the best path forward.
This puts a wanted social change into the culture (Putting a black person on US currency) without removing any president from existing bills (Lincoln still stays on the $5) and erasing history.
Additionally, the first black person on US currency should appear on a coin rather than paper money as they’re harder to deface. Given the media situation in this country, I’m 100% sure the media will find or invent some disfigured paper bills with racist slurs to generate controversy and inflame racial tensions even further.
- analog31 6y agoI've never understood the "erasing history" thing. Isn't the history the same? If I deface a penny, am I losing a certain quantity of history?