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Judge Joe Brown insulted by the propsect of Harriet Tubman -- not a Black man being the new face of the $20 bill

By Mona Austin Judge Joe Brown is under fire for saying a black man should be the first of the race to appear on US currency, upset that Harriet Tubman is preferred.  He made several outlandish and sexist claims, including that Black women got better treatment during slavery and the push to get Tubman on the face of the $20 was an effort by feminists to get any woman they could since they could not get a white one. Said Brown, "They don't care.  They just want a woman, but it downs masculinity." He also opined that a Black man should have been first as, "The status of an ethnic group it determined by its men." Women on 20s is the organization that led a campaign to have the face of the $20 bill changed by the year 2020 in honor of women's suffrage. Tubman won the vote. Brown said they used the recent Harriet movie to "soften" the public to the idea of having a Black woman on money. However, the movie and the movement are unrelated. GOP ...