Several years ago, the country was in uproar over the removal of statues of people affiliated with the Confederacy. The country’s social justice overlords told us this removal was necessary because the presence of these molded pieces of metal reinforced white supremacy. And because of systemic white guilt from decades of brainwashing in the nation’s public school system, or out of fear of being branded a racist if one objected, most people agreed with removing the statues.
Yet, while liberals, Democrats, and others on the Left claimed they were only removing statues specifically because of their connection to slavery, it was all a ruse meant to set precedents for future actions. These claims were not grounded in reality but were instead meticulously organized to launch an all-out assault to delegitimize Western civilization and remove prominent white people from history. Subtraction and destruction are at the true core of the Left’s support for diversity and inclusion. Every logical and rational person knew the statue removals would not stop with Confederate monuments.
The intelligent people were against removing statues because they knew that if they gave the liberals, Democrats, and others on the Left an inch, they would take a continent. So Confederate statues turned into 15th century explorers, such as Christopher Columbus. Justifications for removal went from the Confederacy to claims of Native American genocide. Then, the statue-removing madness evolved into statues of Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and George Washington because, in the 18th and 19th centuries, they owned slaves.
Then, it progressed to removing statues of Theodore Roosevelt riding on a horse. Why? Because there was a Native American and black American standing next to him, which apparently was yet another symbol of racial hierarchy and white supremacy. Just as intelligent conservatives knew all along, the nonsense would never end. The Left weaponized claims of white supremacy to destroy American history, and all of their targets were white men.
Which brings us to this week’s victim: William Penn.
Earlier this week, the DEI Democrats of the Biden administration sought to remove a statue of the founder of Pennsylvania at Welcome Park in Philadelphia. Why? Because Penn was a white man. He had nothing to do with the Confederacy, as he died over 140 years before the Civil War. He didn’t commit any sins against Native Americans and is generally celebrated in history for his treaties and good relations with North America’s indigenous people in what is now known as Pennsylvania.
On Jan. 5, under orders from the Biden administration, the National Park Service proposed to “rehabilitate Welcome Park to provide a more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for visitors.” Welcome Park is located on Penn’s former Slate Roof House residence. DEI Democrats wanted to tear down the site honoring Pennsylvania’s founder to include an “expanded interpretation of the Native American history of Philadelphia and was developed in consultation with representatives of the indigenous nations of the Haudenosaunee, the Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe of Indians, the Shawnee Tribe, and the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.”
But, once again, this was all revisionist, agenda-driven nonsense. As a Philadelphia resident who has visited Welcome Park plenty of times, I can attest that there has never been widespread criticism of it not being “welcoming or inclusive.” Such claims are nothing more than the imagination of radical DEI Democrats looking to revise history to fit their ideological politics. Penn’s only crime was that he was a white man, and the DEI Democrats seek to remove white men from history.
Fortunately, Biden and his DEI Democrat mob were stopped this time around. The proposal to turn Penn’s old house into a DEI Democrat historical fiction nirvana was withdrawn. However, unless people in the country reject these absurdities and decide to take a stand against the Left’s encroachment on American history, DEI Democrats will continue their historical and cultural assault.
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Pennsylvania has a rich Native American history of the Lenni Lenape tribe that warrants recognition. Hardly anyone would have objected if the proposal suggested adding statues of Native Americans to Welcome Park. That would actually make sense and be celebrated as a welcomed, no pun intended, addition. This entire controversy could have been avoided.
However, instead of adding statues, the Left constantly looks to tear them down. Because, at their core, that is what the DEI Democrats ultimately want. Destruction, not inclusion, has always been their objective. Penn’s statue may have survived this time, but the war is far from over. White American historical figures are always in the DEI Democrats’ crosshairs.