In the wake of protests against racism, activists have highlighted American monuments honoring anti-Semites such as Gen. George S. Patton, Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, Peter Stuyvesant, Martin Luther, Ulysses S. Grant, Mary Elizabeth Lease, and Thomas E. Watson.

An Israeli legal NGO, Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center, is urging New York City to remove statues honoring Peter Stuyvesant, citing his racist history targeting Jews.

An Israeli nonprofit, Shurat HaDin, has called for the removal of memorials to former New York Governor Peter Stuyvesant due to his anti-Semitic views and discriminatory actions towards Jews, Catholics, and other minorities.