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Do you do you have any secrets to happiness? - stay with the family? - it s very sad in america. we really abandon our old people a lot. - that s a work of art, right there. look at that. mmm. mmm! - good? - it smells so good. - yeah. - mm, smell that. oh, and the whole family s here! [laughter] hello. [speaking thai] hello. - welcome, welcome. - ok. thank you. - big family, yes. - ooh, what s in here? - nam ngiew. ....
This? reporter: many here say now is the time to honor a history too often overlooked. enslaved people reporter: this man is a historian with galveston s juneteenth project. where are we? we are at pier 21 where enslaved african-americans arrived. reporter: mostly black union soldiers rode into texas to tell slaveholders they had to respect the emancipation proclamation signed two years earlier. in the union soldiers are not arrived, i don t think they would have enforced it until this day. reporter: why residents here say this history still matters. what do you hope that people take away when they walk by and see this work of art? i want people to be inspired and hopefully learn something they didn t know before they saw the work of art. reporter: a work of art honoring the past. craig, what s interesting is the ....
What is the desire to buy the artwork of someone who s been connected to or convicted for a horrible crime? first of all, honestly, i wouldn t call this a work of art. it s a travesty, a placard, a poster, something you might see in protest. it s a bid of confession to me. why? it s talking about liberty, justice for all. well, you know, it s almost like none of this ever happened. and then also, you have this is his funny little he s almost trying to be a cause. and the cause that i think he is is a travesty of justice, a crime. it s insipid, it s not there s no thought in it. it s needing to be the center of attention. i think it s a bit psychotic. this is your art criticism, ....