I mean, I'm totally on board with you, but the reality on the ground isn't like that: The mint (as I understand it) rotates through redesigning a bill every few years or so, mostly for security purposes. There was a push when Jackson/$20 was redesigned to get a woman on the 20 because it's a very small window of opportunity for each bill. They failed to get Jackson off (I think because by the time the campaign got attention a TON of money had been invested in the Jackson new design) but the mint PROMISED that the next bill would be up for changing to a woman.
And the next bill happened to be Alex Hamilton on the 10.
And then Hamilton came out and fans are raising a GIANT FUSS about HOW DARE they change the bill Hamilton is THE BEST.
And it really makes me furious. So many of the people on this push couldn't pick Hamilton out of a lineup a year ago, and they are mostly women, and we get this ONE SHOT to make a lasting change to replace one of the many, many, many White Men on a position of prominence with a woman. The mint is actually hugely embarrassed and pulling back from their commitment.
We can't change anything else right now. This is the ONE BILL up for discussion for, probably, a few years. And the fans are ruining it. UGH.
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And the next bill happened to be Alex Hamilton on the 10.
And then Hamilton came out and fans are raising a GIANT FUSS about HOW DARE they change the bill Hamilton is THE BEST.
And it really makes me furious. So many of the people on this push couldn't pick Hamilton out of a lineup a year ago, and they are mostly women, and we get this ONE SHOT to make a lasting change to replace one of the many, many, many White Men on a position of prominence with a woman. The mint is actually hugely embarrassed and pulling back from their commitment.
We can't change anything else right now. This is the ONE BILL up for discussion for, probably, a few years. And the fans are ruining it. UGH.