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Apr. 20th, 2016 04:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingHarriet Tubman to be on the American $20 bill.
This is awesome!
Of course, there's a cynical part of me that says "oh, of COURSE they're letting a black woman in, now that many people don't use cash", and another cynical part that says "sticking the woman who 'stole' herself and a great many other people on a symbol of capitalist commerce is certainly an odd look" - but the cynical parts can have their say and I'll still be happy about HARRIET FRIGGING TUBMAN replacing Andrew Jackson.
This is awesome!
Of course, there's a cynical part of me that says "oh, of COURSE they're letting a black woman in, now that many people don't use cash", and another cynical part that says "sticking the woman who 'stole' herself and a great many other people on a symbol of capitalist commerce is certainly an odd look" - but the cynical parts can have their say and I'll still be happy about HARRIET FRIGGING TUBMAN replacing Andrew Jackson.