A hot topic that has been sweeping the nation this week is the changing of the $20 bill. The seventh President of the United States will no longer be featured on this Federal Reserve note. Instead, Harriet Tubman will be taking his place on the front of the $20 bill. Many people are outraged by this decision, but I can honestly say I'm not. Yes, Andrew Jackson was a war hero that fought for the common man, but he was also a slave owner. He is also responsible for the removal of Native Americans from their homelands in an event that became known as the Trail of Tears.

Tubman, however, was a big anti-slavery activist but also an equal-rights-for-all activist. She was a former slave that escaped and helped several others escape to freedom as well. Not only did she act as spy to the United States Army, but she also was very active in the woman's suffrage movement after the Civil War. Tubman would also be the first woman to ever be honored on paper money.

The $20 bill is not the only Federal Reserve note undergoing some changes. The $5 and $10 bill will be changed to include civil rights leaders and other women. The $5 bill will still feature Lincoln on the front and the $10 bill will also still feature Hamilton on the front. The only change will be the addition of women to the back.

Even though it has been announced to the public, the designs for the notes won't be finalized until 2020. After the designs are finished, the $10 bill will be the first note to be put into circulation. I feel this change is a very cool thing to witness and be a part of, but I don't really see what it's going to do for equality. Putting women on a piece of paper is not going to make everything equal. As much as I do support this change, I still feel like is a cover up for all of our issues of gender and racial equality in America. This is just a distraction from the real issue at hand.