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Port to move newly installed mural after non-white employees take issue
Posted on 2/6/20 at 6:47 pm
Posted on 2/6/20 at 6:47 pm
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The Port of New Orleans finished installing a new mural in its executive offices last month. The painting, a 19-by-eight-foot depiction of a port workday in the 1850s, cost $51,588 to purchase and install.
The purchase was reported by Fox 8 last week in a segment that questioned whether the Port, a government agency overseen by a board appointed by the governor, should be spending so much cash for a painting on the building’s fourth floor outside the executive suite, where few members of the public would ever see it.
But the mural has sparked a different conversation among Port employees, according to three current and one former employee that spoke to The Lens. Rather than discussing the issue of fiscal responsibility, they said that employees have been focused on the depiction of people of color in the mural, some of whom are shown hauling bales of cotton.
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“It’s been a really hard week at the Port,” said a current Port employee who asked to remain anonymous, citing concerns about her job. “There’s just been a lot of anxiety surrounding that painting.”
Posted on 2/6/20 at 6:49 pm to WPBTiger
They must hate Clementine Hunters paintings.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 6:49 pm to WPBTiger
Nothing wrong with that picture. It’s beautiful.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 6:50 pm to WPBTiger
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“It’s been a really hard week at the Port,” said a current Port employee who asked to remain anonymous, citing concerns about her job. “There’s just been a lot of anxiety surrounding that painting.”
I cant even...how do these people get through the day? How do they even wipe their own asses?
Posted on 2/6/20 at 6:51 pm to WPBTiger
Just show the Irishmen loading cotton , you know for historical accuracy.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 6:53 pm to WPBTiger
If I had a time machine, it would be fascinating to walk around New Orleans at that time.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 6:54 pm to pecanridge
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Just show the Irishmen loading cotton , you know for historical accuracy.
Transgender Irishmen if they want pinpoint accuracy
Posted on 2/6/20 at 6:55 pm to Pussykat
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They must hate Clementine Hunters paintings.
I hope they never look above my fireplace.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 6:56 pm to WPBTiger
What is offensive about this mural?
Posted on 2/6/20 at 6:56 pm to WPBTiger
What's the issue? They want to deny that black people worked on the docks?
And yes, there probably were Irishmen working on the docks too.
And yes, there probably were Irishmen working on the docks too.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 6:58 pm to WPBTiger
You Louisiana people will roll over and take it, just like the statues.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 7:05 pm to WPBTiger
Paint the black people white. Who would protest white slaves?
This post was edited on 2/6/20 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 2/6/20 at 7:05 pm to PowerTool
quote:if it didn't show blacks, they would complain about that.
What's the issue? They want to deny that black people worked on the docks?
Their goal is to erase history
Posted on 2/6/20 at 7:06 pm to Dawgfanman
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What is offensive about this mural?
For me, the wasted funds.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 7:08 pm to Bard
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Clementine Hunters paintings.
I hope they never look above my fireplace.
Which one do you have?
Posted on 2/6/20 at 7:08 pm to texashorn
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You Louisiana people will roll over and take it, just like the statues
Posted on 2/6/20 at 7:12 pm to Kafka
The Port Authority board’s next regular meeting is Monday, Feb. 17 at 10 a.m.
Here’s the board chair. Good luck.
Here’s the board chair. Good luck.
This post was edited on 2/6/20 at 7:14 pm
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