For the first time, we have a woman of color featured on coins here. She portrays Lady Liberty on a $100 225th Anniversary Gold Coin, which commemorates the founding of the U.S. Mint. It s a reflection of the  cultural and ethnic diversity of the United States,  and honestly, it s about damn time. She is absolutely gorgeous on the new coin:Treasury & Mint officials unveiled the 2017 American Liberty High Relief Gold Coin! https://t.co/HkfcPN5Enq #USMint225 @USTreasury pic.twitter.com/0ShGHPn5oF  United States Mint (@usmint) January 12, 2017Of course, conservatives don t see it that way and they re busy crying big crocodile tears over this on social media, because how dare we pretend that anyone other than white people can actually represent freedom?@NBCNews @NBCBLK .Great more social justice revisionist history and institution shaming.  Deplor?PooManChu? (@KvnCormier) January 13, 2017@kyle_espinola @Mad_Jamaican @NBCNews @NBCBLK It matters that we are destroying traditions and Merit, to appease people who lack them.  Deplor?PooManChu? (@KvnCormier) January 13, 2017@JannaPropaganda @WesternNews4 @RealAlexJones @infowars Collectors were demanding a black lady liberty? No, I think it s another PC move.  Jack Burton (@Jack_Burton_10) January 13, 2017. Next it will be some cross dressing, half cast, tranny just to appease the PC. #LadyLiberty  KJV Only (@FaithfulWordKJV) January 13, 2017@freedomchords it can t be Michelle. This is a woman on the currency. @RealAlexJones @infowars  Dominique Roy (@dcory1964) January 13, 2017@dcory1964 @RealAlexJones @infowars true   so not lady liberty  ladyboy dictator  Jerry Mansfield (@freedomchords) January 13, 2017# Lady Liberty  pc bullshit, the least patriotic group of Americans lol  Brandon (@BrandonVa420) January 13, 2017@ABC this fake symbolism will do nothing to improve the lives of blacks, this is more for white libtards to discuss in their circle jerks  Fred (@FredICooK) January 13, 2017@brasshonkey001 @Erik_L1965 @ABC @newschannelnine Lady Liberty is white. Like the whites who created the idea of liberty.  Soldier of Europe (@CrusaderEurope) January 13, 2017@ABC @newschannelnine Another parting shot from Obama. Disgraceful.  Erik Larson (@Erik_L1965) January 13, 2017@NBCNightlyNews this is just meaningless. The Statue of Liberty is clearly a white woman. This is gross sjw pandering by Obama treasury.  Ray Witts (@Raymond_Newgen) January 13, 2017@NBCNightlyNews Is that what food stamps in America look like now?  S.H.G._Nackt (@SHG_Nackt) January 13, 2017@FoxNews @FoxNewsInsider They could have put her on the EBT card.  Steve (@SteverinoC) January 13, 2017@Tuscon_Valdez @nytimes what about coins for her baby dadies too?  James Taylor (@AmericaBirdCall) January 13, 2017@nytimes what s next? A Muslim woman with her face covered? This is ridiculous  Honda Driver (@HondaDriver13) January 13, 2017Call her Lady Liberty if you wish But everyone knows she is a Slave Lady Liberty has always been White Jesus has always been White@nytimes  Dilligaf (@naicirtcele) January 13, 2017@nytimes will my pockets smell like afrosheen and cheap weed?  Regular White Joe (@RegularWHITEjoe) January 13, 2017@AP i wouldnt pay a dime for it. This proves that the Obama s are racist.  Drg (@drg9766) January 13, 2017@AP The discrimination of white people by the @obama administration continues  DeplorableTony Armas (@Tarmas55) January 13, 2017@TVMiller @AP  back when black people had value. Good times.  Admiral Theranthrope (@Theranthrope) January 13, 2017Lady Liberty is based on Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom. The Statue of Liberty, modeled after the French sculptor s mother, is likewise based on her, as are most of our depictions of Lady Liberty. To conservatives, this means that she must remain white, because obviously.Except Lady Liberty is an idea, not an actual person. This isn t the same as depicting George Washington as a black man on the $1 bill. Washington was a real person who was white. The American ideal of liberty encompasses and represents the diversity of America. Lady Liberty is a symbol.This coin is the first of a series from the U.S. Mint, which will include an Asian woman, a Native American woman, and a Hispanic woman, as Lady Liberty as well. Cue more crocodile tears from whiny, racist conservatives.Featured image via embedded tweet from United States Mint