Radical leftists are attempting to completely rewrite the history books.
They want to destroy historic statues and buildings they claim are “racist” and “sexist.”
But what the University of Notre Dame is doing to this one piece of art will leave your jaw on the ground.
At the University of Notre Dame, the school administration sent out a letter informing students and faculty that their mural of Christopher Columbus would be covered up.
The Columbus mural dates back to the 1880’s.
The art will be left in tact, but will only be displayed “for certain and rare circumstances.”
In the announcement, the president of the university, John Jenkins, wrote that the mural is “blind at best to the consequences of Columbus’ voyage.”
Campus Reform writes:
The president of the University of Notre Dame sent an email to all students Sunday night, informing them of the school’s decision to cover up an on-campus mural of Christopher Columbus.
President John Jenkins wrote “as we prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day…at Notre Dame, I write to let you know of a recent decision,” in an email obtained by Campus Reform. “The murals by Luigi Gregori that adorn the ceremonial entrance to Notre Dame’s Main Building depict the life and exploration of Christopher Columbus.”
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“In recent years, however, many have come to see the murals as at best blind to the consequences of Columbus’ voyage for the indigenous peoples who inhabited this ‘new’ world and at worst demeaning toward them,” Jenkins wrote.
Jenkins added that the arrival of Columbus to the “new world” was a “catastrophe” for native Americans. He added, “whatever else Columbus’ arrival brought, for these peoples it led to exploitation, expropriation of land, repression of vibrant cultures, enslavement, and new diseases causing epidemics that killed millions.”
Many students take issue with the decision to cover up the classic work of art.
John O’Neill, a political science major, criticized the decision as an attempt to “cover up history.”
John argued “covering it up shouldn’t be a justified way to approach a solution.”
The University of Notre Dame has also come under fire for its Fighting Irish mascot.
Critics claim the mascot is “offensive” to Irish Americans.
ESPN host Max Kellerman argued on his show First Take that Notre Dame should even change their mascot.
Notre Dame is kowtowing to the Social Justice Warriors in the name of political correctness.
These SJWs are the ones claiming that true history is offensive and needs to be censored from the public space.
They have successfully torn down Confederate statues all across the country.
And now Christopher Columbus is their next target.
In October of 2017, a 60-year-old Christopher Columbus statue in Pittsburgh was vandalized with red paint.
Many Americans are wondering who is next. American heroes like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson?
In fact, in April 2018 at the University of Virginia, the words “Racist+Rapist” were spray painted on a statue of Thomas Jefferson on the UVA lawn.
Even President Trump expressed his disgust about historic statues being torn down.
Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. You…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017
…can’t change history, but you can learn from it. Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson – who’s next, Washington, Jefferson? So foolish! Also…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017
…the beauty that is being taken out of our cities, towns and parks will be greatly missed and never able to be comparably replaced!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017
The SJWs won’t stop until their version of history is all that remains.
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