It's Not Erasing History.

 But societies evolve.  And it seems we are at a point where the very idea of public monuments to actual or idealized human representation of people is waning.  I think it is a good kind of evolution.   Now some public art might be so special it all by itself may become a historical totem for society.  Most public statues of humans from history  don't rate that high.

I took that angle, instead of my expected and usual scorn for the racist adjacent or outright racists who defend statues honoring dead racists.  Sometime recently.  And I think it might have been a commenter on Ann Althouse's racist ranch, seemed to get the social evolution angle.  And did not like it one bit.  And the issue at issue was a sports team name change.  What he saw as a slippery slope to no longer naming teams after people was to my mind, progress.

But speaking of art.  Here is a huge human head sculpture that recently popped up in Jersey City.  Pretty cool stuff!