On Topic Discussion maya angelou is going to appear on the US quarter!

[fabulouslyghetto]

a bittersweet moment, seeing as how we still have slaveowners on our currency, and that's not even the worst offense cuz thomas jefferson sexually abused an underage slave yet his face is prominently displayed on our bills. america, almost getting it right since about 1964.

 

[cityboy-stl]

a bittersweet moment, seeing as how we still have slaveowners on our currency, and that's not even the worst offense cuz thomas jefferson sexually abused an underage slave yet his face is prominently displayed on our bills. america, almost getting it right since about 1964.

So Maya Angelou appearing on a US quarter is bad and they should not have done it? Is that what you're saying?

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

So Maya Angelou appearing on a US quarter is bad and they should not have done it? Is that what you're saying?

go back, re-read a little bit slower this time, and you can answer your own question.

 

[rareboy]

A beautiful coin.

Now Tubman on the twenty. Taking far too long.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

A beautiful coin.

Now Tubman on the twenty. Taking far too long.

This is America, we have to offer irrefutable proof that a black freedom fighter deserves the same recognition as white violent human trafficking imperialists.

 

[Cormac135]

Wasn't she a whore once upon a time ?

Never mind though, i love some of her stuff.

Sorry she got adopted by Oprah and her coven in later years.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

Wasn't she a whore once upon a time ?

And yet... still a better human being than the best of us. While some choose to spread misery she gifted the world with love and knowledge. If only we could all follow her example.

Fyi: her promiscuity could well be the result of her being sexually abused as a child, but dont let that stop you from slut-shaming a dead nobel prize winner if thats your kink.

 

[TickTockMan]

We should have more writers and thinkers on things such as coins, bills and stamps. It would make the items seem more real to me than a politician.

 

[ShadowCat]

I'm just going to say that right now changing our money is THE LEAST of America's problems! The money that is being sunk into this right now could most definitely be spent better elsewhere. It seems they always do stuff like this I mean now the obvious smokescreen of gay marriage is gone, And people have insurance (though that needs revision as well) what else do they have to "debate" when they should just do it so they don't have to get to real issues.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

I'm just going to say that right now changing our money is THE LEAST of America's problems! The money that is being sunk into this right now could most definitely be spent better elsewhere. It seems they always do stuff like this I mean now the obvious smokescreen of gay marriage is gone, And people have insurance (though that needs revision as well) what else do they have to "debate" when they should just do it so they don't have to get to real issues.

Anyone who has empathy for people of color (and women) sees this as more than "a distraction from the real issues." Not that I would assume the same demographic screaming about representation would understand the significance.

 

[eddielee]

A dignified and honorable person. A good choice.

 

[purina]

Men always seem to end up on top — Miss Janis Joplin