Wait, What Statue Did Philadelphia Protesters Just Vandalize?

[GURPS]

And now, Philadelphia we have a problem. In Philadelphia City Hall, protesters vandalized a statue of Matthias Baldwin by writing, "colonizer" at the bottom of the monument. And just who was Baldwin? An inventor and an abolitionist whose philanthropy included years of helping to educate young black children.

"Among Baldwin’s philanthropies was education for black children," Encyclopedia Brittanica explains. "His abolitionist sympathies led to a Southern boycott of his engines shortly before the American Civil War."

Baldwin also fought for the right of African Americans to vote in Pennsylvania during the state’s 1837 Constitutional Convention and hired African Americans to work in his shops. Joe Walsh, a member of the Friends of Matthias Baldwin Park, put it this way for National Review: “He was BLM [Black Lives Matter] before there was a slogan.”


https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortn...andalize-statue-offamed-abolitionist-n2570533

 

[kom526]

This proves my point that BLM does not care about education and would rather squander the opportunity to elevate as opposed to "keepin it real". But, to be honest, the government provided free education does leave something to be desired.

 

[herb749]

They'll blame it on those rich white kids looking for trouble.

 

[Tech]

Maybe they thought it was Stephen.

Baldwin was a self made millionaire that started out as an indentured apprentice. Founded a company that made locamotive engines.

 

[Hijinx]

And now, Philadelphia we have a problem. In Philadelphia City Hall, protesters vandalized a statue of Matthias Baldwin by writing, "colonizer" at the bottom of the monument. And just who was Baldwin? An inventor and an abolitionist whose philanthropy included years of helping to educate young black children.

"Among Baldwin’s philanthropies was education for black children," Encyclopedia Brittanica explains. "His abolitionist sympathies led to a Southern boycott of his engines shortly before the American Civil War."

Baldwin also fought for the right of African Americans to vote in Pennsylvania during the state’s 1837 Constitutional Convention and hired African Americans to work in his shops. Joe Walsh, a member of the Friends of Matthias Baldwin Park, put it this way for National Review: “He was BLM [Black Lives Matter] before there was a slogan.”


https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortn...andalize-statue-offamed-abolitionist-n2570533

It just proves they will destroy anything in the closeproximity without a thought in mind as to what it is or what it means.