Albany's Removal of Philip Schuyler's Statue is a Good First Step

We Must Confront Our History

History as a discipline is not a static recitation of facts but rather a dynamic, disciplinary process, one that is constantly being challenged and reevaluated.

The City of Albany, New York recently removed a seven-foot statue of Philip Schuler, Revolutionary War General and owner of 40 slaves. I lived in Albany for several years and walked by that statue in front of Albany’s beautiful, Romanesque City Hall hundreds of times. It stood for 100 years.

I say good riddance. It should have been done long ago.

Predictably, the MAGA crowd, including Member of Congress Elisa Stefanik, (R-Albany) laments this “attempt to erase history.”

Pull down the monuments to white supremacy. Pull them all down. They may represent who we were, but not who can be.

History is Not Static

History as a discipline is not a static recitation of facts but rather a dynamic, disciplinary process, one that is constantly being challenged and reevaluated.

Please take three minutes and listen to a clip from my podcast “How…