I have to mute anything from mainstream news because it routinely feels like a slap in the face. This recent 'swap' got me really thinking that the whole advent of "representation" worked more to keep people docile than to nudge progress for the people who need it the most (which was one thing you'd hear A LOT). Small progress feels like a compromise, comparing it to everything that's been done in the past.

So yeah, I'm mad that instead of doing something ACTUALLY worthwhile, like making healthcare free or any form of healthcare that was impacted directly by her BODY (it's not lost on me either that she was a disabled Black woman, again people who the outlets REFUSE to listen to) especially to disabled folks, they put up a fucking statue in the same place of a former slave owner. Should have just salted the earth and made nothing there.