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  • High School Artwork Draws Criticism

    09/05/2002 3:51:35 PM PDT · by Momaw Nadon · 64 replies · 363+ views
    TheBostonChannel.com ^ | 5:44 p.m. EDT September 5, 2002 | Rhondella Richardson
    Some Say Work Is Racist MARBLEHEAD, Mass. -- This week's opening of a new, multimillion-dollar high school in Marblehead has been overshadowed by a work of art that greets visitors and students. NewsCenter 5's Rhondella Richardson reported that the sculpture is supposed to depict Joseph Brown, a local black man who fought in the Revolutionary War. But critics said it presents a racist image. "[Students] think it's racist," Metco director Elaine Munn said. "Other students have said, 'It looks like a monkey, and we are not monkeys. We did not come out of trees.' Other students have said that it's...