University of Washington Students Push to Remove George Washington Statue on Campus

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the party is always right.

George Orwell, he/his/him

University of Washington students are pushing for the removal of the campus' George Washington statue.

The school newspaper is calling for the removal of the statue which began when the petition was filed back in August of 2020.

President of UW's Black Student Union, Mahilet Mesfin, stated that the BSU presented a list of seven demands from the Schools Administration in order to meet the needs of Black students.

The demands focused on polishing practices, expanding Mental Health Resources, diversity requirements, hiring more African American faculty, and removing the George Washington statue. When asked why the statue was included on the list, Mesfin stated, "We included on the list because we had the discussion about the statue, just removing it, for years".

The statue, which celebrates his conviction and character, has been on the campus since 1909. The student's concerns came amid the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and due to George Washington's role as a slave owner. At the age of 11, the former president had inherited 10 slaves and later went on to marry Martha Custis, gaining a dozen more slaves. At the time of his death, there were reportedly 317 slaves at Mount Vernon estate.

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University of Washington Students Push to Remove George Washington Statue on Campus

About time. Renaming anything "Washington" should come next, he was a pillar of slavery.