Friday Because the Trump administration periodically attempts to redefine the Statue of Liberty and reframe Emma Lazarus’s accompanying lyric, I am reposting a very smart essay that a former colleague wrote about the statue and the poem. Donna Richardson establishes that the two together create a special synergy that has defined us as a nation. […]
Tag Archives: Statue of Liberty
Yes, Liberty Statue Means What We Think
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "New Colossus", anti-immigration policy, Donald Trump, Emma Lazarus Comments closed
The Synergy between Statue and Poem
Senior White House aide tried Wednesday to separate the Statue of Liberty from Emma Lazarus’s poem. He wasn’t entirely wrong but he was more wrong than right.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "New Colossus", alt-right, anti-immigration policy, Donald Trump, Emma Lazarus, immigration policy, Stephen Miller Comments closed
Refugee Poem Changed Liberty’s Meaning
The poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty get us to interpret the sculpture differently than the designer intended.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "New Colossus", Emma Lazarus, Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare Comments closed
