in new york, flanked by two shirtless figures one native american, one african and the idea was people objected to it because of the racial hierarchy depicted in that statue. it was removed earlier this year, early 2022, after being there for 80 years. do you think that was the right thing to do? and what would you like to see in its place? i would like to see in its place africa rising, which is a statue. ..which is a commission that i did for general services in 1997, which is, you know, downtown, completely obscured, because it s in the. ..it s in the area of 9/11. i think it was absolutely right to remove.
seven, to be exact. sarah baartman, and many others. you mentioned sarah baartman, and of course she was the southern african woman who was known in a derogatory way as the hottentot venus and was put on display and travelled around the west in the 19th century. and of course, sarah baartman is the subject of africa rising. it s sarah baartman that is the winged victory, that is the nike on top of the statue. with naomi campbell s profile. just going back to statues, though, because there s also a statue of theodore roosevelt who was us president in the early 20th century, and there s an equestrian statue of him outside the natural history museum in new york, flanked by two shirtless figures one native american, one african and the idea was people objected
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one african and the idea was people objected to it because of the racial hierarchy depicted in that statue. it was removed earlier this year, early 2022, after being there for 80 years. do you think that was the right thing to do? and what would you like to see in its place? i would like to see in its place africa rising, which is a statue. ..which is a commission that i did for general services in 1997, which is, you know, downtown, completely obscured, because it s in the. ..it s in the area of 9/11. i think it was absolutely right to remove. ..to remove roosevelt s statue.
you mentioned sarah baartman, and of course she was the southern african woman who was known in a derogatory way as the hottentot venus and was put on display and travelled around the west in the 19th century. and of course, sarah baartman is the subject of africa rising. it s sarah baartman that is the winged victory, that is the nike on top of the statue. with naomi campbell s profile. they chuckle just going back to statues, though, because there s also a statue of theodore roosevelt who was us president in the early 20th century, and there s an equestrian statue of him outside the natural history museum in new york, flanked by two shirtless figures one native american, one african and the idea was people objected to it