Archived How do you feel about lady liberty being a black woman? (AskVoat)
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Archived How do you feel about lady liberty being a black woman? (AskVoat)
submitted ago by IndigoElectric
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[–] CANCEL-CAT-FACTS 7 points 30 points 37 points (+37|-7) ago (edited ago)
Lady Liberty is a white woman for the precise reason that she represents enlightened eurpoean values, which only come from white people. Any attempt to co-opt her image is a treasonous repudiation of civilization.
[–] IndigoElectric [S] 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
Fair enough, let me ask this though: wouldn't that mean whites couldn't portray themselves in native americans with their feather headdresses?
[–] CANCEL-CAT-FACTS 0 points 24 points 24 points (+24|-0) ago
Not on Indian currency. They wouldn't allow it.
[–] Seventh_Jim 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
The word "couldn't" is an odd choice. It suffices that the symbol falls flat when divorced from the ethnicity it is born of.
White people will never have the proper appreciation of the barbaric shamanism of the native american tribes. Not because white people never had barbaric shamanism, but because they had a different kind.
[–] Foralltoosee 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Keep in mind that in this example, publicly funded forces would select to dress a White person up as a native and then say that it is an appropriate representation of native peoples, and suggest others use it as well. Don't think you're going to see that anywhere.
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[–] CANCEL-CAT-FACTS 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
They are not appropriating; they are erasing. The enlightenment values that descend from euopean history are from one source only, the white civilization.
[–] 4745764567 0 points 24 points 24 points (+24|-0) ago
Pure SJW bullshit. They could have picked a historically relevant person, or at least a pretty one, but they just put a random black woman on there with cornrows and big lips to drive the point home.
At least the Sacajawea coin was artistic. This is just pandering. It will not sell well.
[–] DependasaurusRex 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I think that is their aim so that they can claim racism again with the coin not selling.
[–] 4745764567 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You are probably right. There is nothing more the left enjoys than a reason to whine.
[–] Thisismyvoatusername 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
The Sacagawea coin was/is an ugly piece of shit. That coin pissed me off to no end because they had a choice that would have been much more beautiful and still of the same subject. I cannot find any images of it now, but I remember seeing the finalists when they were still having the design competition for it. There was one which had a really pretty woman in profile looking up as though in pride and with inspiration. It fit well with some of the best of our beautiful historical coins. Instead they went with an ugly fat looking bitch with a baby on her back looking over her shoulder at us. Wtf is that shit?
[–] 4745764567 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I remember the concept art too, there were much better versions. At least they used a historical figure. If only they were smart enough to make it a differnt size than a quarter...
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[–] Daeshaniqua 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
really should be a 300 pound beast with 7 father-less children standing outside section 8 housing
[–] Mr_Wolf 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
I don't have a problem with it because they're doing all the races. However I do have a slight issue with them going with the black woman first.
Blacks are put too highly on pedestool, they don't always need to be placed first.
If it was going to be just a black lady liberty then I would have to argue that they need to change the name of the "symbol"
[–] pbrstreetgang 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
"I don't have a problem with it because they're doing all the races"
They seem to have Forgotten American-Americans
[–] Mr_Wolf 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago (edited ago)
you're right, they need to do russians, europeans, polish, germans, canadians, italians, irish, and everyone else I forgot.
hell they're doing a "minority" series and thats racist. we need a petition.
[–] Thisismyvoatusername 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I have a problem with it because it is yet another instance of our government being race conscious where it is not supposed to be a consideration at all.
[–] TinyRick 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Except at war
[–] Mr_Wolf ago
their riot ability is first class
[–] harry_nash 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
God damn it, she's French!
[–] FritzTheKat 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Perhaps a trans-sexual Chinese Muslim on the new $3 bill?
[–] BB-3 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Liberty is a Roman goddess. If she's not depicted as Roman, how is anyone supposed to recognize that she is Liberty? If there was an image of a Chinese man, and somebody told me that it's supposed to be Zeus, I'd call them a liar.
[–] IndigoElectric [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Do you recognize him?
[–] BB-3 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Never met the guy.