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An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the Trump administration.

cnn.comNational Park Services removes references to Harriet Tubman from ‘Underground Railroad’ webpage | CNNAn image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the “Underground Railroad,” following several prominent changes to government websites under the Trump a...

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Pretty straight line from... #Charlottesville2017, the gaslighting chant of "[they] will not replace us" to this... ...essentially replacing all others with MAGA whiteness. This Erasure of #HarrietTubman is shameful, but don't pretend this was unexpected from this lot. #racism #MAGAracism

We are supposed to learn from the past so that we can do better in the future. The goal of rewriting history is usually to make it much easier to repeat. I wonder what the goal is here?

Elect white supremacists and this is what happens. Unfortunately, half of the country is behind this shit. Just a quick question, though. If a Democrat is elected president in the future, they’ll all be okay with us rewriting history? Hopefully we’ll have another election.

My biggest fear is that we won’t be able to put this genie back in the bottle. He has emboldened so much hate, bigotry and xenophobia that even if we were to succeed in removing him from office, his base would continue to support any GOP nom that has even remotely similar motives that he does.

Basically, RACIST/confederate loyalist whites are trying 2 WHITEWASH history or anything that shines a light on all the prejudicial atrocities that their ancestors have committed towards African-Americans 4 centuries; including Indigenous (Slavery, Genocide, Jim Crow, etc.) DEI = anything Black 😏

How "any self-respecting Black person" who supports Trump and his attempt to erase US from history is either delusional or mentally ill. What do people like Byron Donalds tell their mixed-race children about BLACK HISTORY, which is American history?

I knew it was coming I knew it would be aggressive and cruel but they’re blatantly erasing Black America He is dehumanizing us bit by bit Death by a million cuts What did we do to deserve this? Haven’t we been through enough? Haven’t we suffered enough? Why do they hate us?

I’ll state this again, what they do with the new aircraft carrier Doris Miller. How can you honor him without acknowledging that he was black & that he was limited in how he could serve because of his skin color. You can’t honor him without telling his whole life’s story. Any reporters out there?

Why are they so afraid of the truth? It's only going to be 4 years, and then all that information is going right back. Especially the part about that beautiful woman who risked her life to save others. Republicans are out. And we don't forget.

This is so incredibly disheartening. And he and his minions will do this again and again and again. Kids growing up in 5 years will have no knowledge of true history, and, save for the Internet Wayback Machine [that Trump hasn't yet destoyed], they will have no way of finding out.

I'll keep telling her story. Her story was fine for school kids in 1970 and 1980 and 1990 and 2000 and ffs you DO NOT want me to summon the ghost of Harriet Tubman back to the White House.

This is a troubling trend. Erasing the legacy of figures like Harriet Tubman diminishes our understanding of history and the courage of those who fought for freedom. Why do we silence voices that inspire change?

What a racist bigot. His hatred of anything "DEI" is so ridiculous, on the edge of serial killer mentality. It's ironic that his entire cabinet could be defined as "DEI hires."