Prince fans launch petition to replace Christopher Columbus statue with tribute to singer
metro.co.ukThe appeal was set up by Minnesota locals, pleading with officials to take down the current statue of Columbus in Saint Paul, outside the State Capitol building.Residents want the tribute taken down as it ‘glorifies a man who wanted to extinguish Black and Native peoples’.Instead they want to celebrate the Purple Rain singer – who hails from Minnesota – as he ‘represents’ their values.‘Across the nation, city governments are choosing to remove statues of white supremacists, slave owners, and those who threatened the livelihood of Black people,’ the petition read.‘Here in Minnesota, communities are reigniting the demand to bring down state’s monument to Christopher Columbus, a man who murdered, raped and enslaved Black and Native peoples in.
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