Petition Demands Statue Of Missy Elliott Replaces Confederate Monument

Over 25,000 people have signed a petition calling for a Confederate monument in Olde Town Portsmouth, VA to be replaced with a statue of Missy Elliott, who they call "a true Portsmouth native hero." The petition comes as a reaction to white supremacists who rioted in the streets of Charlottesville, VA to protect Confederate monuments throughout the state.    

The petition asks, "Who better to encapsulate the culture and spirit of the city enshrined in a new monument than Grammy Award winning rapper, dancer, and record producer Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott?"

It continues: "Hailing from humble beginnings as the only child of a power company dispatcher and a welder at Portsmouth's lauded naval shipyard, she rose to become a platinum recording artist with over 30-million albums sold. All this without even once owning a slave."

It concludes with a powerful message:

"Missy is all of us.

Missy is everything the Confederacy was not."

You can sign the petition on Change.org


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