(11-22-2021 11:16 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote: It has nothing to do with what my opinion on the matter is, I've provided information on the rationale being provided by those making the decision.
Quote:A "problematic" statue of Theodore Roosevelt outside the American Museum of Natural History in New York City that has been criticized for symbolizing colonialism and racism has found a new home, more than a year after the city announced it will be removed...
The statue is considered "problematic" due to its composition, the library said. The piece depicts Roosevelt on horseback, while Native American and African figures walk alongside him.
If you want to get to the source of the decision, the NYC Public Design Commission made it back in June.
Quote:While the statue “was not erected with malice of intent,” New York City Parks Department chief of staff Sam Biederman said during Monday’s meeting, the subject matter and content “supports a thematic framework of colonization and racism.” (The vote and full discussion are viewable on YouTube.)
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nyc-co...ue-1982664
As I said, I think this is a lot of politically correct speech (not by you) in an effort to justify something that otherwise would lack the support to make the change. It is part of the encouragement of 'victimhood' which is part of the means of gathering support for the left. From their early days (as the party of inclusion rather than the party of racism that they were) Democrats have courted the similarities of minorities in an effort to create a majority. If you feel you have been wronged, even if those in your situation make up only a fraction of the population and the opinions are specific to a small number of people... Democrats have sought the support of OTHER people who feel wronged... and the reality is that everyone feels wronged on some level.
TR is 'out front' because he was clearly recognized as a 'leader'. Leaders are almost ALWAYS depicted 'out front' in artistic references to them. As noted, the intent wasn't in any way to claim 'superiority'... but merely to recognize a leader of an activity. The three people depicted are all of different ethnicities.... and NONE of the depictions would be classified as being derogatory. They ALL lead... but TR was literally an elected official of the state who built and paid for the museum.
I mean, how can we celebrate the labors of slaves without recognizing them? I wonder who the 'models' for those casts were. Were they real people? Were they actual leaders? Or was it simply a statement about working together, but recognizing the state leader?
The left wants it both ways. When a statue of Grant is depicted, without any other persons around... its a sign of racism because he was a racist. When a statue of TR is depicted with people of two other races 'in support', its a sign of racism because although nobody was thinking that at the time (not erected with malice of intent) some people have CHOSEN to see it in a different, unintended light. But when black rap artists talk about 'n's' and 'ho's', they don't have any malice of intent, and anyone who chooses to see that in a different, unintended light is just 'wrong'.
Its at this point where a specific liberal will interject and say that THEY don't agree with all of those points and they're absolutely genuine in their beliefs and I agree with them... but they support a party that ignores their beliefs and engages in a MASSIVE amount of selective uproar in order to pacify their base of 'minority' opinions.