Even a 42-Ton Boulder Isnt Safe From Woke Cancel Culture
Can a rock be racist?\nIt can be, according to student activists at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The school in early August moved a giant boulder that had sat prominently on campus for nearly a century to honor geologist and former university President Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin.\n\u201cThis moment is about the students, past and present, that relentlessly advocated for the removal of this racist monument,\u201d\xa0said\xa0Juliana Bennett, a student and campus representative on the Madison City Council. \u201cNow is a moment for all of us [black, Indigenous, and people of color] students to breathe a sigh of relief, to be proud of our endurance, and to begin healing.\u201d\nChamberlin was never accused of racism or anything else inappropriate. Instead, the massive 42-ton boulder was removed because of a single line in a local newspaper nearly 100 years ago in 1925 that referred to the rock using an offensive anachronism.\nFred Lucas and Jarrett Stepman join "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss the incident and the broader movement to remove politically incorrect statues and monuments around the country.\nWe also cover these stories:\n\nPresident Joe Biden addresses the nation after all U.S. troops are withdrawn from Afghanistan.\n\nHouse Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy criticizes the Biden administration for leaving Americans behind in Afghanistan.\n\nSeveral of the parents of the troops killed at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan are speaking out against Biden.\n\n\nEnjoy the show.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.