Posted on 05/07/2025 8:59:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
New York City previously tore down a historic Thomas Jefferson statue only to now erect a 12-foot bronze statue of an "overweight black woman," which many blasted as “tasteless” and more.
The statue is called “Grounded in the Stars” and was unveiled on Wednesday in Times Square, created by artist Thomas J. Price. The artist's “Man Series,” a stop motion animation, will also appear nightly throughout May on the district’s billboards, providing a “two-part takeover” in the district that “amplifies traditionally marginalized bodies on a monumental scale," per the Times Square website.
Price said, per the Times Square site.
“Times Square stands as an iconic symbol and site of convergence, uniting people from all walks of life, individual stories, and experiences intersecting on a global platform. The intention of my public works is to become part of the place they inhabit and its physical, material history, as well as the visitors that pass through and around the location, no matter how fleeting. I hope ‘Grounded in the Stars’ and ‘Man Series’ will instigate meaningful connections and bind intimate emotional states that allow for deeper reflection around the human condition and greater cultural diversity.”
Times Square called the “pose of the woman’s body and ease of her stance” in the statue a “subtle nod to Michelangelo’s David” and that it “confronts preconceived notions of identity and representation.”
It was comments like how the statue provides a “stark contrast" to the two current Times Square statues of “white men” on pedestals that got social media users upset.
“In 2021, NYC removed a statue of Thomas Jefferson from City Hall due to ‘racism,’” one person wrote on X. “The city has now erected a huge statue of a rotund woman in Times Square. So, we’re taking down monuments to people who accomplished some of the greatest feats in human history, from which we are all still benefiting, and instead honoring random people who have zero notable contributions. Doomed.”
In 2021, NYC removed a statue of Thomas Jefferson from city hall due to “racism.” The city has now erected a huge statue of a rotund woman in Times Square. So, we’re taking down monuments to people who accomplished some of greatest feats in human history, from which we are all till benefitting, and instead honoring random people who have zero notable contributions. Doomed
pic.twitter.com/cC7B2rHzyR— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) May 7, 2025
Another person added, “Another tasteless statue of a generic contemporary woman, this one in the middle of Times Square, meant to ‘respond’ to the other ‘statues of men.’ This is not ‘public art.’ It is untalented, uninspired promotion of tired culture war propaganda that defaces public space."
While The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh continued, “They tear down statues of American heroes and replace them with statues of random obese black women. That’s because the Left has no historical heroes. Everyone who was born before approximately 2005 is inherently problematic.”
OutKick noted that one of those two white men statues honors World War I hero, Father Francis Duffy. The other George C. Cohan, who’s regarded as the man who “created Broadway.”
“The Times Square Arts association admits its new 12-foot bronze statue of an overweight black woman is supposed to serve as a 'contrast' to the two white men who have statues in the neighborhood. One of those white men was a distinguished WWI hero,” the post read.
The Times Square Arts association admits its new 12-foot bronze statue of an overweight black woman is supposed to serve as a "contrast" to the two white men who have statues in the neighborhood. One of those white men was a distinguished WWI hero:
https://t.co/ZnGPxbQzwE pic.twitter.com/7Fp5ciQyjI— Joe Kinsey (@JoeKinseyexp) May 7, 2025
President Donald Trump recently signed an Executive Order to “review “the “improper” removal of statues over the last five years by radicals on the left, RedState reported.
If you're looking for the red meat issue that's almost certain to make liberals pull their hair out, it'd be the section of this new executive order that directs Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to review and "restore" any "public monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties" that may have been improperly removed in the past five-plus years.
A White House fact sheet states that their removal or any subsequent changes made to alter them were designed "to perpetuate a false revision of history or improperly minimize or disparage certain historical figures or events."
Quite timely. “You thought you was gonna get on yo’ flight?”
I thought it was gonna be a statue of Wheezie from the Jefferson’s.
Ghetto Feral...only thing missing is an EBT card in her hand...
Typical indignant, “say what bitch?” pose. Need to install the rotating head and a “ m mmm” bubble from her yapper.
“Grounded in the Stars” looks more like a planet.
They sized it to scale the overinflated ego of the model.
Whoopi?
This statue is a mockery of self-righteous black women, actually, when one thinks about it.
The Bee may well notice this artistic fiasco...
“‘Tasteless’: NYC Tears Down Statue Of Thomas Jefferson, Erects 12-foot Statue of ‘Overweight Black Woman’”
I gonna insert that Tommy Jeff was part of the problem... and baby got back... just sayin’
Put yourself in the shoes of a black man staring at it. Why be successful if that’s your reward?
This is why black men go for white women.
Bring back Jefferson!
Nothing says anti racism like depicting an overweight, fashion deaf, black woman with culturally appropriated hair and attitude.
EC
Looks like a USaid funded project...who else would pay for somethinglike this?
More cultural enrichment.
My sister visited NYC once and said she would never go back and that was 20 years ago ,LOL
(Looks like a skank ‘ho with no meaningful accomplishments, a welfare check, and lots of “attitude” to compensate for the general vacuousness of her life.)
What an accurate post! Bravo Zula to you!
She could only have big jugs.
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