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While it is not allowed to have statues of Thomas Jefferson or Teddy Roosevelt, among others, in New York City, a 12 ft bronze statue of a random fat black woman just standing there is certainly permitted.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The new statue in Times Square is named Grounded in the Stars<\/em>. The puropse of it, according to it\u2019s creator Thomas J Price, is to be a \u201cstark contrast\u201d to two statues in Duffy Square of Father Francis Duffy and George M. Cohan, and a way of \u201cdisrupting traditional ideas\u201d of what a \u201ctriumphant figure\u201d is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn a culture that increasingly encourages a faster pace, Grounded in the Stars is an introspective meditation on humanity,\u201d the artist\u2019s website states, claiming the statue should \u201cinstigate meaningful connections and bind into an emotional state that allow for deeper reflection around the Human condition and greater cultural diversity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n How does this statue erected in time square \u201cconfront preconceived notions of identity and representation\u201d The Roosevelt and Jefferson statues were removed last year. After all, what did they ever do in contrast with this overweight fictional woman whose nipples are showing through her baggy t-shirt?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Random fat black woman statue in NYC \u2705 Is this supposed to champion black women?<\/p>\n\n\n\n How about something that looks less like someone complaining their “order wasn’t right”? \u2014 The CEO Guy (@The_ceo_guy) May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n This is a fictional black woman. If I was black I\u2019d be pissed. So this is supposed to represent black women? Obese and cheap with Walmart clothes? \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f \u2014 Cynical Latina (@CynicalLatina) May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n It’s a sloppily dressed, overweight black woman who is not wearing a bra. Is that the impression black women want to project? \u2014 Truth Junkie \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2 (@Truth_Junkie2) May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Cut the BS, lets say exactly what this is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you’re referring to this as a ‘statue,’ you’re mistaken. This isn’t merely a statue, the purported purpose of which is to \u201cconfront preconceived notions of identity and representation,\u201d it is a Marxist monument to critical race theory (CRT). More specifically, it is a monument\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/vgdW34wFVe<\/a> \u2014 Darrell B. Harrison (@D_B_Harrison) May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s part of the pursuit of uniformity, the dismantling of vibrant, diverse aesthetics, to be replaced with a sterile monoculture of sick modernity that prioritises ideology over beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In fact, this exact thing with statues of obese random black women is a thing all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rotterdam as well. Already for a few years. An uninterested looking girl in sweatpants and sneakers. pic.twitter.com\/HUL3CgqBuG<\/a> \u2014 Henri (@road2nowherex) May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Without even realising it the people making these things and those sanctioning their placement in public are literally erecting a monotonous, homogenized cultural landscape, all the while proclaiming they\u2019re promoting \u2018diversity\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Similar statues installed recently in Florence, San Francisco, Rotterdam, & New York \u2013 all by the same (!) grifter-artist, “Thomas J Price,” all with high levels of federal, municipal, private funding. Need to gut these bureaucracies, banish this artist, retake cities. https:\/\/t.co\/gX3V64QDHP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/fP1I28IjsG<\/a> \u2014 golden age waitress \u2600\ufe0f (@spaceagewtress) May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The objective ugliness of these things is stifling the human spirit, while claiming to be the exact opposite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brixton station, London. pic.twitter.com\/KE04bQvUxd<\/a> \u2014 White Stoat (@Ermine_RC) May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Hardly Michaelangelo\u2019s David are they.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/fatblackwomen.jpg?itok=1wthKgBy\")
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It\u2019s just some obnoxious looking overweight black woman, it\u2019s reinforcing those preconceived notions. pic.twitter.com\/LejvmBxnUH<\/a> \u2014 AlphaFo\ud835\udd4f (@Alphafox78) May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n
Thomas Jefferson statue in NYC \u26d4\ufe0f
Teddy Roosevelt statue in NYC \u26d4\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/rdKPatzh0k<\/a> \u2014 m o d e r n i t y (@ModernityNews) May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n
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A fat, sloppy, slouchily dressed, black woman.
Couldn\u2019t even find an ACTUAL black woman to represent.
No Harriet Tubman.
No Daisy Bates.
No Maya Angelou.
Just a fat fucking black woman.
Are people ok with this?? pic.twitter.com\/JAnZUU7tyi<\/a> \u2014 Amiri King (@AmiriKing) May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n
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