Sigh.
Former Metro Councilman Kwame Leo Lillard, who participated in demonstrations and helped organize Freedom Rides as a college student and recent graduate in the early 1960s, protested again outside a workshop about the project last month.
In a story published March 19, Lillard told The Tennessean, “There’s no way in the world a Chinese kid from California who’s under 50 years old can come here and develop a piece of art that symbolizes the struggle of the Nashville Movement.”
Former Metro Councilman Kwame Leo Lillard, who participated in demonstrations and helped organize Freedom Rides as a college student and recent graduate in the early 1960s, protested again outside a workshop about the project last month.
In a story published March 19, Lillard told The Tennessean, “There’s no way in the world a Chinese kid from California who’s under 50 years old can come here and develop a piece of art that symbolizes the struggle of the Nashville Movement.”
- Not the first time. Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, faced similar criticism (except that Lin actually was young when she was criticized).
http://www.jackmagazine.com/issue9/essayksands.html
"Many critics, veterans, veteran organizations, and public figures argued that Lin was too young and of the wrong nationality to be designing this "American" monument. Many Americans of that time did not see Asians as United States citizens. To these people, the definition and image of an American was someone who is white or of European descent. It is hard for any Asian American artist to see their works as an individual ability to create without anyone judging their work because of their ethnicity/race. With all the hardships and criticisms, the Vietnam Veteran Memorial is the most visited national park today. As a result, Maya Lin was one of the many Asian American artists who has struggled and overcome discrimination."Apr 30, 2013 - I ended up writing about this. Thanks for your original share.
http://tymshft.com/2013/04/30/maya-lin-ai-qiu-hopen-and-acceptability-of-art-by-chinese-american-artists-some-things-never-change/Apr 30, 2013 - And there's no way in the world Lillard who fought for the right to eat and sit where he wants come here and now dictate who can participate in the development of a piece of art that symbolizes the struggle of the Nashville MovementMay 1, 2013
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