Amid the Black Lives Matter protests that first kicked off at the end of May due to the death of George Floyd, petitioners have been calling for the state of Louisiana to remove their statue and replace it with a Britney Spears monument instead.
Page Six reported today that one Southerner created a petition to replace all of the Confederate statuses in the state with an “actual Louisiana” hero such as Britney Spears.
The petition, written to the governor, John Edwards, says that before she became one of the most iconic pop-stars of all time, she lived in a very small, southern, Louisiana town.
The petition addressed Britney’s star on the Hollywood walk of fame, stating that it was time for the state to honor her as well.
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