Comments on: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial’s Sculptor is Chinese: Does It Matter?

By: Arthur

Arthur — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:53:00 +0000

The very reason this man fought so hard is for all you knuckleheads to stop asking the race of the hand that gives you a boost up and just get the heck off the ground. This question does mor harm to his legacy than not having it built at all and makes as much sens as asking why isn’t the image in onyx or obsidian. BTW, Does anyone know anything of the history of the stone cutters guild who they are and how many, and of what nationality, or race? I imagine there arent too many artisans left in this country anymore, and they are becoming rarer globally. Please hold the whine and break bread with your brothers and sisters in celebration that Dr. king has finally been memorialized. The first Black non-government figure on the National Mall.

By: Geoffrey Toyz'are'us Chang

Geoffrey Toyz'are'us Chang — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:32:00 +0000

that sh*t doesn’t matter and it shouldn’t matter at all… i don’t see why it’s a big issue…

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:18:00 +0000

Racism isn’t the issue here. The issue is that an American was not chosen to carve it. Even our American monuments are now being “made in China.”

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:21:00 +0000

“The project’s leaders have said there were no qualified black sculptors who could work with stones of this size or type.”

No qualified black sculptors? Really? And the ONLY designs for an MLK memorial deemed acceptable used “stones of this size or type”?

Were there other designs? Perhaps some that were less…obvious?

The resultant design is embarrassing.

By: DC Dan

DC Dan — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:43:00 +0000

I don’t think Dr. King would have cared as he said. “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”