The sculptor, Lei Yixin
Posted on 08/02/2013 2:17:18 AM PDT by Libloather
A paraphrased quotation that critics said made the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. sound "arrogant" will be erased from King's monument in Washington in time for the 50th anniversary of his celebrated March on Washington, U.S. officials and the memorial's sculptor said Thursday.
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The sculptor, Lei Yixin, explained that he shortened the quotation so it would fit. But critics — including civil rights activist and former U.S. poet laureate Maya Angelou — have complained ever since the memorial was unveiled that the truncated quotation made it sound like King was declaring himself a hero, when he was actually downplaying his signficance.
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Did he say you couldn’t invade the mainland United States because there’d be a rifle behind every blade of grass?
...being replaced with “ I am Trayvon”
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Lei Yixin transposed his face and put an “arrogant” statement on it - LoL!
don’t you just love airbrushing history?
Would that be the “track” that goes ‘round and ‘round on an eternal basis much like the words that spew from Jackson and Sharptons’ mouths?
I wouldn’t say that, but his brow is all furrowed. Look at the pictures behind the sculpter, none of them are like that.
We need less King and more Douglass and Washington statues.
Considering how things have deteriorated since “I have a dream”, maybe the furrowed brow is ironically appropriate.
They should have made the statue one of those bobble-heads. By now, King must be shaking his head...
Poet Laureate?????? I’ll take any form of intelligence test against this POS anywhere, anytime. Loser jumps off the Golden Gate!!
Actually the matching photo is behind the artists head its just hard to see.
Commie MLK looks good that way. Sorta Rage Lenninsh.
"If you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter."
The shortened quote:
"I was a drum major for justice, peace, and righteousness".
Frankly, I see her point.
Mike King was as big a fraud as Barry Soetoro is today. They are both completely phony media creations. They were and are Communist pawns.
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