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Afro-pick sculpture placed near statue of former Philly mayor Frank Rizzo
Penn Live ^
| September 13, 2017
Posted on 09/14/2017 4:25:08 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
A sculpture of a 12-foot-tall afro pick now sits feet from the controversial statue of former Philly mayor Frank Rizzo in Philadelphia.
The statue, installed by Mural Arts Philadelphia, is a temporary exhibit on Thomas Paine Plaza near 15th Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard at the city municipal services building.
Created by artist Hank Willis Thomas, it is titled "All Power to All People," and is part of a new public art project called "Monument Lab" that will include works from 20 artists placed at a dozen sites around the city over nine weeks.
Thomas said he didn't create the sculpture in response to the controversy over removing the Rizzo statue, NBC10 reports.
Rizzo, who was mayor from 1972-1980, has been accused of police department corruption and callous treatment of minorities. Others laud his public service and love for the city.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: philadelphia; rizzo; statue
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Looks like jail cell bars to me....
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posted on
09/14/2017 4:33:15 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
To: raybbr
See, it's called “All Power to All People” so the fact that it looks exactly like the notorious hate group, Black Panthers symbol is totally a coincidence.
We should re-name all the General Lee statues with “Malcolm Jamal Warner” and return to peace and harmony.
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posted on
09/14/2017 4:48:27 AM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Some evil person should go there some night and paint the hand white.
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posted on
09/14/2017 4:52:18 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
09/14/2017 5:19:09 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
To: raybbr
Too funny !! Put a picture of Hillary behind it .
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posted on
09/14/2017 5:37:08 AM PDT
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
“All Power to All People,”
Except symbolically it is a Black Power icon
To: Kid Shelleen
Burn it, run it over with a truck, do what is needed, just be RID of it because it offends ME.
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posted on
09/14/2017 5:43:14 AM PDT
by
DaveA37
To: Altura Ct.
The raised fist was first and foremost a symbol of Communism.
Still is, in my opinion.
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posted on
09/14/2017 5:43:59 AM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(Keep fighting the Left and their Fake News!)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
From Michaelangelo sculptures to a sculpture of a 12-foot-tall afro pick in 500 years. Just imagine the progress we will get from the “progressives” over the next 500 years.
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posted on
09/14/2017 5:59:01 AM PDT
by
SharpRightTurn
(Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
His next planned piece is an homage to the Jheri Curl.
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posted on
09/14/2017 6:07:53 AM PDT
by
Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Maybe Billy Penn can turn around and take a piss and hit that POS called "art" from atop filthy and corrupt City Hall?
I think I will introduce an art piece depicting a Billy Club. I will suggest it has nothing to do with William Penn.
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posted on
09/14/2017 6:09:01 AM PDT
by
shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
They want us to treat them like we treat ourselves as they continually point out the extreme differences between us that dont matter to us but incite them to violence because we fail to acknowledge the difference.
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posted on
09/14/2017 6:12:36 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
To: rightwingintelligentsia
All Power to All People
(((
How is that Black Panther fist giving “all people” power? Not giving power to us white people or to black people who are decent citizens.
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posted on
09/14/2017 6:15:37 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
09/14/2017 6:36:40 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
That’s a racist symbol if I ever saw one.
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posted on
09/14/2017 8:37:54 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: Stormdog
Even Moo wears white people wigs and straightens her hair.
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posted on
09/14/2017 8:39:45 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: bgill
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posted on
09/14/2017 10:04:53 AM PDT
by
Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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