Prince Who?

Posted By Cliff Tuttle | September 7, 2017

No. 1,350

Columbus in Schenley Park

Yes, its true.  A whole bunch of people signed a petition to replace a statue of Columbus in the Minnesota Capitol with one of Prince.  And in case you asked the reasonable question — “Prince who?” — it refers to the author of Purple Rain who died not too long ago of multiple drug overdoses.  I hope and pray that most of the signers thought it was a huge joke. If not, the state of liberal education is a lot lower than I thought.

Essay Question for the University of Minnesota Class of 2021:  “Discuss the relative contributions to civilization of Christopher Columbus and Prince.”

Well, here in Pittsburgh we have our own Columbus statue in Schenley Park.  Thousands of school children contributed pennies to construct the massive tribute to the Discoverer.  It has been defaced by graffiti artists and other intellectuals from time to time.  There’s been talk lately about taking it down because Columbus did not share the same values as the people who want Chris removed. But who should fill the void?  At last, we know.

Pittsburgh has its own hero for the times — Wiz Khalifa!

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