The museum had said removing the 80-year-old bronze statue, which sits in a public park across from the museum and depicts Roosevelt on horseback with Native American and African figures on either side of him, would serve as"a symbol of progress."
"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 museum said.on May 25 and the demonstrations protesting racism that have followed.
Roosevelt was literally one of the single greatest presidents America has ever had. They know nothing about him and don't care. This is a very uneducated American cultural revolution led by bratty white people.
Time brings about a much needed change. Finally
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If any statue needs to be removed for offensive demeanor, start with MLK’s statue that has his back to Washington DC.
Considered racist by who?
Then all burn your teddy bears. They are named after him too !
Have they already torn down the Lincoln memorial yet? I’m just waiting for them to do that. Because good news, me freed the slaves, BAD news, he was still a white supremacist.
what is the purpose of the Indian and Afr Amer in the 'rear' subordinate position as Roosevelt sits high on his horse; keep Roosevelt on his 'high horse' remove the other 'equally created' men
False. Fake News. Statue is being moved inside the museum, most likely to protect it from terrorists looking to damage it
Quit caving in to SJW thugs.
I am still waiting for someone to make the case he was racist.
Excellent news
He was someone that did a lot of good however the optics of this statue are truly racist n offensive, walking a Native American n an African American like dogs shows you the mindset of white America !!
Even Americans of his time shot his ass
When you let a black person a woman or a homosexual be put in a position of power they're going to make every human just as irrational as they are, that's just how it works, they don't think rational, they don't have the love for God in their heart. Those man were Christians.
Why would he be considered a racist .
better to re move the mayor
it is the statue itself, the combination and positioning of the subjects, and not roosevelt image per se
Ridiculous
GET OUT OF HERE NOW YOU WANT TO REMOVE A STATUE OF A PRESIDENT WHAT STUPID PERSON WANTS TO DO THAT YES I MEAN STUPID PERSON
I will gladly take this amazing statue if they don’t want it
Considering he was an American hero.
We have lost all common sense
How long until we're loaded up on boxcars?
ISIS also destroyed monuments. People should consider which side they are on.
LeslieMarshall Replace it with a better monument of Teddy.
Why now, MayorDeBlasio Why now!?
It's the SLAVE and NATIVE AMERICAN next to Roosevelt's statue that's the problem.
Finally, and life is now better
😂😂😂😂😂 NBC News was founded by racists. Let's cancel them.
They should get rid of statues of Woodrow Wilson, the only problem is no one made any.
We are so stupid.
All that nonsensical race-baiting is paying off. Just wait until Woketopia finds out about Woodrow Wilson, FDR, LBJ, Robert Byrd, etc.
Bullshit
This particular statue is troubling. It's clearly symbolizing the white president as the leader of both black and Native Americans.
Take that shit down. Racist things has no place in 2020. It has to go...
Put him into museum... Wait a minute the stature already in the museum of the Natural science.
Insane.
What about the millions of Americans that would like to see the statue stay? Do their voices not matter any longer? So just a few select ppl get to decide what these statues mean? Have they ever considers the good things these past Americans have done?
It looks like the only statues that will remain standing in America will be those of Republicans.
It’s the statue that offends, not so much TR.
The article says what makes it racist is that the white man is on horseback while the other two are walking. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
'Teddy Roosevelt statue, considered racist symbol, to be removed from NYC MUSEUM. THERE, I FIXED YOUR HEADLINE.
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Still waiting for them to take you guys out. Talk about racist.
Sure they're just not removing anything having to do with 'white men'? Isn't THAT racist?
No
It’s not the Teddy part...it’s the two figures behind him which your photo neglects to show.
can we remove all the corrupt demo=rats of the city,the ones that live off Americans for doing nothing but cause hate
ISIS called. They want to help take all the statues down. Sound ridiculous?
People have lost their minds- pay attention to what politicians are supporting this
We can't erase our history, only learn from it. Is the problem lack of in depth historical education in our schools? Can we change that? We need to start somewhere.
The title of this article is wrong. Should be: Racist statue featuring a Native, an African and Teddy Roosevelt on a high horse to be removed at the request of the Roosevelt family because it is racist.
This is not racist this is history that’s ignorance In people right now especially the black people because they don’t know their history they didn’t go to school out of control
why not leave the bad statues but add good statues next to them and tell the story right there that people can read?
cancerculture
First they came for the confederate generals statues then history was wiped clean except for how they think we are horrible people
Hey make sure they get rid of the other Roosevelt statue too. You know the one, the guy who put Japanese-Americans in internment camps during World War 2 and confiscated peoples jewelry to help pay for his warmongering.
this is getting absolutely ridiculous... 1984...
The real question is, why a black man had to be murdered and thousands had to be rioting in the street, until the NYC leadership suddenly came to the conclusion, that this statue was racist. Seems more like a method to calm everyone down, than a real change of thought...
Trump was right
The weak minded are perpetually offended, petulant toddlers who will scream at whatever the media tells them too.
What's the end game for removing statues? This accomplishes nothing.
Overall I think the statue removal stuff is going a bit too far and at first I was opposed to this one being removed...but upon looking at it more closely I do think this should be removed, not because of Teddy but because of the composition of the piece.
This is interesting considering he’s one of the 4 faces on Mt Rushmore.
everything is racist these days...butter is yellow - RACIST!!!!! ...milk is white - RACIST!!! meat - red - omg RACIST!!!
I don’t think it’s right to remove some of this things.
Guess they're not cracking jokes about this anymore:
Nothing about Teddy Roosevelt was racist. He was the most progressive person of his time.
Lol, weakness of our leaders continues.
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