12-Foot, Overweight Black Woman Statue Erected In Times Square As 'Contrast' To 'White Men' Hero Statues

https://www.outkick.com/ ^ | May 7, 2025 | Joe Kinsey

[bitt]

So stunning, so brave.

In what's being called a "contrast" to the two white men who have statues in Times Square, a new 12-foot statue of a fictionalized overweight black woman has been erected at Broadway and 46th Street.

Why?

The Times Square Arts association presents a big word salad on its official website for the bronze statue (it will stay standing until June 17) created by artist Thomas J Price, but then, buried deep in the word salad, we get an interesting nugget.

Email: joe.kinsey@outkick.com "Installed at ground level on a wide low base, the work invites engagement with the hundreds of thousands of people who traverse the plazas each day, the woman in Grounded in the Stars cuts a stark contrast to the pedestaled permanent monuments — both white, both men — which bookend Duffy Square, while embodying a quiet gravity and grandeur," the Times Square Arts group says on its site.

You guessed it. This is about race.

Who are the two white men that the Times Square Arts won't name? One of the white men is World War I hero Father Francis Duffy who became the most highly decorated cleric in the history of the U.S. Army for his efforts during combat on the Western Front in France. Duffy was honored with the Distinguished Service Cross for his service to the United States which included caring for wounded and dying men. The other white man is George C. Cohan who is regarded as a Broadway hero who was America's first show business superstar. NPR says Cohan should be remembered as the man who "created Broadway." In other words, without Cohan's efforts in the early 20th century, there's a chance there's no Times Square for the 12-foot overweight black woman to chill for the next couple of

[mowowie]

she a fierce queen

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The funny thing is that neither of the male statues are of "White" men if you want to get picky about it. Father Duffy and George C. Cohan were both Irish and the Irish are MOPEs (Most Oppressed People Ever).

My text book on "diversity" listed the Irish as downtrodden minorities.

[mowowie]

she dat same woman’s id seen throwing Dat McDonald’s cash register into the fry vat on youtube?

[MrBambaLaMamba]

That’s racist.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

That’s racist.

[pburiak]

Needs to be wagging the finger “Das rite mmm hmm” and have some more junk in the trunk

[odawg]

So, next up for destruction is Western culture’s ideal of frminine beauty.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Going to be interesting to see what parts of “her” are carressed and fondled into shiny brass circles in the next 4 weeks.

[lightman]

[kawhill]

I wonder how their achievement felt to them.

[CardeadInKy]

Looks like Letitia....

[edhawk]

Does she twerk?

[Kazan]

This obviously of fat, corrupt NY AG Letitia James.

[algore]

At least they could used a good role model that got canceled

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Pat O'Brien starred in a famous movie about Father Duffy: "The Fighting 69th" about the famous
New York 69th Infantry regiment in WWI. It also starred James Cagney. It's one of the classics.

Don't get too upset about dark "Precious". It's the best they can field.

[roadcat]

Statue of Whoopi Goldberg in her better days? If there were any.

[CaptainK]

They could have sculptured a statue of Diahann Carroll who was the first black woman to win a Tony award for a musical.
Beautiful and talented with a Broadway association. At least it would seem like a logical choice.

[dfwgator]

They could have sculptured a statue of Diahann Carroll who was the first black woman to win a Tony award for a musical.

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Or Marilyn McCoo of The Fifth Dimension, one of my biggest schoolboy crushes.

[Texan5]

The statue woman is fat, wearing what looks like polyester pants and casual top-inexpensive casual clothes-and has a hairdo made of little braids that will cost $100 or so at a hair salon. Hate to say it-but that is certainly accurate profiling of a big city ghettopotamus...

[dfwgator]

Or Diana Ross.