'Ukuvuka' okusobala New York City isikhulu siphakamise ukuthi izichuse zabesilisa ezihlala edolobheni lodumo Central Park kufanele kushintshwe amatshe esikhumbuzo ahlonipha abesifazane. Lona ngumbono ophambene, kusho wonke umuntu kuTwitter.
UHank Willis Thomas, umdwebi osebenza kwiPublic Design Commission, utshele amanye amalungu ekhomishini ukuthi kunezithombe zabesilisa ezinhlanu noma eziyisithupha kuleli paki ezingadilizwa “kalula” futhi zishintshwe ngokuhlonipha abesifazane abadumile, i-New York Post. kubika.
Echaza ngombono wakhe, uThomas waqoka izithombe zembongi yaseScotland uRobert Burns noChristopher Columbus njengabazohlinzwa baphinde bahlinzwe. Wagomela ngokuthi abekho abantu abaningi abangaphuthelwa isithombe sikaBurns, kuyilapho uColumbus esevele enesikhumbuzo sokumhlonipha “esiqhele ngamayadi angamakhulu ambalwa nje.”
Njengamanje iCentral Park inezithombe eziqoshiwe ezingama-23 – zonke zingabesilisa – kanti ikhomishana kaHank inikezwe umsebenzi wokulungisa le nkinga.
Umbono kaThomas weCentral Park entsha nethuthukisiwe wenqatshwe yiMeya uBill de Blasio, ofuna ukubona kumiswa izithombe ezintsha kodwa ephikisana nokususwa kwezikhona.
Uhlelo lwakhe lokuvuselela isibindi nalo lwenziwa yiTwitterati, ezwakalise ukunengeka ngazwi linye ngalesi siphakamiso.
“Ake esikhundleni sikaKhomishana Wedolobha,” kusikisela omunye umlobi.
“Kuzophela nini?” kubalisa omunye.
“Laba bantu abake bakhathale yini ngokuhlale becasulwa ngokungabi nabulungisa okucatshangwa ukuthi akunabulungisa? I-FFS, hamba uyoshaywa umoya, ubuke okunye ukuphinda kuka-Alf, noma yini ngaphandle kokuhlala phansi wenze izinto ezintsha ozovuka ngazo,” kucabanga owesithathu.
“Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi ugxile ezinkingeni zangempela - njengobhubhane lokungabi nakhaya? Misa ukusayinda kobuhle okungenamsebenzi. Ubani ovotela lezi ziphukuphuku ezikhokhelwa ngokweqile ezingenamsebenzi?” kubuza omunye.
Begxeka izinto ezibekwe eqhulwini kuleli dolobha, abanye abasebenzisa izinkundla zokuxhumana baveze ukuthi izikhulu zendawo kumele zigxile ezindabeni ezinzima ezifana nokungabibikho kwezindlu nokuthuthwa kwendle.
Okuxakayo ukuthi isiphakamiso somfanekiso ohlonipha amavulandlela amalungelo abantu besifazane sahoxiswa ukuze kuqhutshekwe nenkulumo-mpikiswano ikhomishani kaThomas ngoba yayingafaki owesifazane webala.
Akuqali ukuthi kube nezingcingo zokuthi kushintshwe i-Central Park ukuze ihambisane nemigomo efanele kwezombusazwe. NgoJuni, umlingisi uJessica Chastain uthumele i-video enegciwane eveza ukungabikho kwezithombe zabesifazane eCentral Park, futhi ngokuncokola waphakamisa ukuthi kwakhiwe itshe lesikhumbuzo lika-Oprah.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- UHank Willis Thomas, umdwebi osebenza kwiPublic Design Commission, utshele amanye amalungu ekhomishini ukuthi kunezithombe zabesilisa ezinhlanu noma eziyisithupha kuleli paki ezingadilizwa “kalula” futhi zishintshwe ngokuhlonipha abesifazane abadumile, i-New York Post. kubika.
- In June, actress Jessica Chastain posted a viral video highlighting the absence of female statues in Central Park, and half-jokingly suggested that a monument to Oprah should be erected.
- He argued that there aren't many people who would miss the Burns statue, while Columbus already had a monument in his honor just a “few hundred yards away.
