Posted on 10/30/2014 10:08:14 AM PDT by therightliveswithus
The Denver Post is wondering if Union Station is itself racist.
Columnist Ray Mark Rinaldi wonders, "Did diversity miss the train in Union Station's architecture?" He continues, (emphasis mine) "The urban playground at Union Station isn't drawing people of color and it may be the building's fault."
How can an inanimate object be racist?
The newly designed Union Station is very popular, says Rinaldi. "If, that is," he warns, "you are white and not paying attention. Or if you think diversity doesn't matter."
It's design is an "Architecture of exclusivity," he writes. "The symmetry, arched windows, ornate cornice and stacked, stone walls have their roots in the glory days of France, England, Greece and Rome, in empires that were nearly absent of ethnic minorities," he continues.
"Yes, that's all in the past; things have changed," he concedes. "But the $54 million renovation of Union Station doesn't take that into account. It restores the symbols of an old world with no updates." And what else is missing? "There are no giant sculptures by African-American artists bonused into the lobby, no murals on the basement walls," Rinaldi explains.
(Excerpt) Read more at thepunditpress.com ...
Al Sharp-Tongue should be run out of town
whatever town he is in
EVEREE TOWN he VISITS ...or Tries to Take Up Residence In!
AL Sharpton?...Just Say NO!
Hopefully someone will punch this Rinaldi in the face just for being such a dumbass. These people have some real mental problems.
lol! Nice. That is funny.
You Yankees had slaves and imported them.....and you got Klan
And your cities are segregated or rotting with race violence or both
Try again.
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