Americans’ love of dead white men
It can sound a little whiny when Black people are the only ones pointing out American’s love of dead white men. So we love the occassional observation from other white people.
Wonkette, the D.C. gossip, talked about U.S. Mint’s newest series of coins. Dollar coins with pictures of presidents…all dead white men.
The U.S. Mint, always up on the current trends, is also putting some serious thought into the penny. It seems the copper that is used to make a penny is worth more than the cent itself.
“How dumb do you have to be to mint money at a loss? In the latest only-in-Washington episode, we find that the government may have lost as much as $40 million coining pennies and nickels last year.” - NYTIMES
God bless America.
February 18th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
I am just surprised that they didnt put the ALMIGHTY Elvis on a coin. Since they refuse to let him RIP.