He 'ala' maopopo New York City Ua manaʻo ka luna i nā kiʻi kāne e noho ana i ke kūlanakauhale kaulana Central Park Pono e pani ʻia me nā monuments e hoʻohanohano ana i nā wahine. He manaʻo pupule kēia, ʻōlelo ka poʻe a pau ma Twitter.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Hank Willis Thomas, he mea pena e lawelawe ana ma ka Public Design Commission, i kona mau hoa komisina he ʻelima a ʻeono mau kiʻi kāne i loko o ka paka i hiki ke "maʻalahi" e wāwahi ʻia a hoʻololi ʻia me nā hoʻohanohano i nā wahine kaulana, ka New York Post hōʻike ʻia.
Ma ka wehewehe ʻana i kona manaʻo, ua koho ʻo Thomas i nā kiʻi o ka haku mele Scottish ʻo Robert Burns lāua ʻo Christopher Columbus ma ke ʻano he mau moho no ke ʻoki hou ʻana. Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo ia ʻaʻole nui ka poʻe e poina i ke kiʻi Burns, ʻoiai ua loaʻa iā Columbus kahi kia hoʻomanaʻo i kona hanohano "he mau haneli ʻeka wale nō ka mamao."
He 23 mau kiʻi o Central Park i kēia manawa – nā kāne a pau – a ua hoʻokō ʻia ke komisina o Hank e hoʻoponopono i kēia pilikia.
Ua hōʻole ʻia ka ʻike a Thomas no kahi Central Park hou a hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia e Mayor Bill de Blasio, ka mea makemake e ʻike i nā kiʻi hou i kūkulu ʻia akā kūʻē i ka wehe ʻana i nā kiʻi i loaʻa.
ʻO kāna hoʻolālā hoʻoponopono wiwo ʻole i hoʻopaʻa like ʻia e ka Twitterati, nāna i hōʻike i ka huhū like ʻole i ka manaʻo.
“E pani kākou i ke Komisina kūlanakauhale,” wahi a kekahi mea kākau.
"I ka manawa hea e pau ai?" kanikau kekahi.
“ʻAʻole anei e luhi kēia poʻe i ka huhū mau ʻana no kekahi mau hewa i ʻike ʻia? E FFS, e hele wāwae, e nānā i kekahi mau mele hou o Alf, koe wale nō ka noho ʻana a hana i nā mea hou e hoʻāla ʻia ai," wahi a ke kolu.
"Pehea ʻoe e noʻonoʻo ai i nā pilikia maoli - e like me ka maʻi maʻi home ʻole? Hoʻopau i ka hōʻailona pono ʻole. ʻO wai ka mea koho i kēia mau mea lapuwale i uku ʻole ʻia?" haohao kekahi.
ʻO ka hoʻohewa ʻana i nā mea nui o ke kūlanakauhale, ua ʻōlelo kekahi mau mea hoʻohana i ka lehulehu media e pono e kālele nā luna kūloko i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e like me ka home ʻole a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe.
ʻO ka mea hoʻohenehene, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kahi noi no ke kiʻi e hoʻohanohano ana i nā paionia o nā pono o nā wahine no ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa hou ʻana e ke komisina o Thomas no ka mea ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia kahi wahine ʻulaʻula.
He mamao loa kēia mai ka manawa mua i kāhea ʻia e hoʻololi i ka Central Park i mea e hoʻokō ai i nā kūlana politika kūpono. I Iune, ua hoʻopuka ʻo Jessica Chastain i kahi wikiō viral e hōʻike ana i ka loaʻa ʻole o nā kiʻi wahine ma Central Park, a ua ʻōlelo haʻahaʻa ʻia e kūkulu ʻia kahi monument no Oprah.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ua haʻi aku ʻo Hank Willis Thomas, he mea pena e lawelawe ana ma ka Public Design Commission, i kona mau hoa komisina he ʻelima a ʻeono mau kiʻi kāne i loko o ka paka i hiki ke "maʻalahi" e wāwahi ʻia a hoʻololi ʻia me nā hoʻohanohano i nā wahine kaulana, ka New York Post hōʻike ʻia.
- 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.
