No statue is safe in America in today’s day and age.
The George Preston Marshall Memorial was rightfully removed from in front of the Washington Redskins RFK Stadium on Friday morning after calls for it’s destruction became prevalent. Marshall, who is notoriously remembered as one of the more racist owners that the NFL has ever seen, as he worked against integration in the league, and was credited with changing the name from the Braves to the Redskins.
Across our nation, as protests against racial injustice still carry on strong almost four weeks after the murder of George Floyd, statues and monuments of former slave owners and Confederate figures have been torn down with prevalence. It is right and just that the GPM monument was removed, and the first step in a long overdue process that will hopefully lead to the team eventually changing their name from ‘Redskins’ to something less offensive to indigenous people.
