ESPN Analyst Wants 'Mount Rushmore' Gone, But Gov. Kristi Noem Lets Him Know What It's All About
ESPN analyst and former NBA player Jalen Rose is on a crusade to eliminate the term “Mount Rushmore” because he finds the very idea of it offensive. In a video, Rose said that using the South Dakota landmark, which…
ESPN analyst and former NBA player Jalen Rose is on a crusade to eliminate the term “Mount Rushmore” because he finds the very idea of it offensive.
In a video, Rose said that using the South Dakota landmark, which honors Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, “to define greatness should be retired immediately.”
Rose began by asking, “Why do you think Washington changed their name from Redskins?”
I’d say it was because the owners of the team caved to woke pressure. But I digress.
“I do a show and didn’t say that word for eight years,” Rose said. “Why? Because it’s offensive. What about the Cleveland Indians? Same thing. Why did they change the name? Because it’s offensive.”
He continued, “I want to continue to challenge myself and to challenge you to do something. Can we retire using ‘Mount Rushmore’?
“That should be offensive to all of us, especially Native Americans, indigenous people who were the first people here before Christopher Columbus. That land was stolen from them when it was discovered that it contained gold.
“And 25 years later, to add insult to injury, four American presidents were put on what we call Mount Rushmore on the top of the dead bodies that buried right underneath.”
“Let’s stop using the term ‘Mount Rushmore’ when we’re talking about our favorite rappers, talking about our favorite movies, talking about our favorite players.