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Human's Tribune

Volume 2
Issue 19
Monday, June 21, 2020

Theodore Roosevelt's Statue will be Taken from the Natural History Museum's Front Steps

By Antoinette Durand

This is a statue of the 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt. To his right is a Native American man, and to his left is an African man. It's being removed from the front of the Natural History Museum because, "The American Museum of Natural History has asked to remove the Theodore Roosevelt statue because it explicitly depicts Black and Indigenous people as subjugated and racially inferior. The city supports the museum's request. It is the right decision and the right time to remove this problematic statue," according to CNN. Many states are removing statues of Confederate Generals and other controversial people. President Trump tweeted, "Ridiculous, don't do it!"

In Chicago, the George Washington statue in Washington Park was vandalized. It was found spray painted and with a white hood over its head on June 14.

In Philadelphia, the statue of Mayor Frank Rizzo was removed by present Mayor Jim Kenny on June 2. “The statue is a deplorable monument to racism, bigotry, and police brutality for members of the Black community, the LGBTQ community, and many others,” according to Mayor Jim Kenny, found on The Hill.

In Sacramento, the statues of Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus were planned to be removed on June 17. 

Image from the Star Tribune. Information from The Hill and CNN.

If

By Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,

Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,

And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:



If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;

If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:



If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’



If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,

And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

The Hamilton Trailer is on Disney+

By Antoinette Durand

Yes, it's a long wait to July 3, but you can get a taste of the show Hamilton now. The trailer was released yesterday. You can watch it on Disney+. "Just you wait" for the real show!