Statue of 'America's First Composer' could come down over racism claims

[PHDNM]

Statue of 'America's First Composer' could come down over racism claims

The national debate over whether controversial statues should be removed has now put a spotlight on Pittsburgh. A statue of Stephen Foster, dubbed "America's First Composer,” faces an uncertain future after calls for its removal.

The statue features the songwriter as he sits on a perch while a barefoot slave plays the banjo below him.

Foster, a Pittsburgh native who died in 1864, is known for writing songs like "Oh! Susana,” "Old Folks At Home,” and "Old Black Joe.”

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/05...sm-claims.html

[MissMischief]

Just take the banjo playing black slave off it. Maybe a statue to Stephen Foster could just be a statue of Stephen Foster (crazy, eh? ), without any secondary figures on it.

[KMack]

Statue of 'America's First Composer' could come down over racism claims

The national debate over whether controversial statues should be removed has now put a spotlight on Pittsburgh. A statue of Stephen Foster, dubbed "America's First Composer,” faces an uncertain future after calls for its removal.

The statue features the songwriter as he sits on a perch while a barefoot slave plays the banjo below him.

Foster, a Pittsburgh native who died in 1864, is known for writing songs like "Oh! Susana,” "Old Folks At Home,” and "Old Black Joe.”

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/05...sm-claims.html

Not a slave. He never lived in the south and never owned slaves. He lived in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.

[Lightshade25]

We're going to be out of friggin statues in this country by the end of the year

[KMack]

We're going to be out of friggin statues in this country by the end of the year

We might have to call the Brits to loan us some statues. Maybe this is ok?

[Lightshade25]

We might have to call the Brits to loan us some statues. Maybe this is ok?

ROFL wth

[jingorex]