A monument for a ‘90s pop icon? Yes, please. Britney Spears fans want Confederate statues to be replaced with the singer in her home state of Louisiana. The Change.org petition, created three years ago, re-entered public discourse in the aftermath…
A monument for a ‘90s pop icon? Yes, please. Britney Spears fans want Confederate statues to be replaced with the singer in her home state of Louisiana. The Change.org petition, created three years ago, re-entered public discourse in the aftermath of Confederate statues being toppled across the U. S. following nationwide Black Lives Matter protests organized in response to the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died while pinned under a white police officer in Minneapolis. In the petition that has since garnered over 22,000 signatures, organizer Kassie Thibodeaux outlined Spears’ contributions to her home state to back up the request.
“Before becoming one of the world’s most important and influential pop legends, Britney Spears was living life in a small southern town by the name of Kentwood, Louisiana,” the petition reads.
