Should the NYC Parks Department remove the statue of Dr. Marion Sims from its East Harlem location considering his experiments on female and infant slaves?

this is history part of the richness of East Harlem. Continue with the new but leave the old. Can't know where you're going if you don't know where you came from. randalls Island has become rich with programs for the children of East harlem. But these children need to know it's history don't wipe it out

the statue should be left there but there should be a plaque commemorating the sacrifices made by the slaves who were treated/experimented on by him.

I totally agree with Sonia!
We will not be able to move on as a society and/or neighborhood without understanding our history!! If we erase the negative aspect of our history we will repeat what we have erased!!
East Harlem NEEDS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE EDUCATED!!

I grew up in East Harlem on 107 St between Madison & 5th Avenues and do remember the statue as a kid. I didn't realize the significance of it at the time, but thought he was a very important man. I agree with the previuos comments that it should remain because sometimes history repeats it self. And there should be mention of the sacrifices of slaves and others affected by these expriments and procedures.

I grew up on 110th street and used to pass the statue all the time.It is however unfortunate that the writings in stone on the statue base don't reveal more of the truth.The base should contain information and commemoration to the counless women of African decendancy who were mistreated.Even if there mistreatment was in the interest of science.Those women were people whose suffering made it all possible.

Statues are built in honor of persons who deserve to be placed on a pedestal for their contribution to society. But if such contribution came at the expense of human dignity, and if we fail to recognize the ignominy of such price, what does that say about ourselves? What we shouldn't forget about history is that Dr. Sims operated on slave women without using anesthesia when developing his technique to treat vaginal fistula. His statue should be replaced with three statues honoring Sims' patients: Anarcha, Betsy, and Lucy.