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'Oh! Susanna' songwriter's statue removed amid criticism
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A 118-year-old statue of the "Oh! Susanna" songwriter was removed from a Pittsburgh park Thursday after criticism that the work is demeaning because it includes a slave sitting at his feet, plucking a banjo.In October, the Pittsburgh Art Commission voted to take the Stephen Foster sculpture out of Schenley Plaza and find it a new home. For now, it will remain in a storage lot, out of the public view.
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Re: 'Oh! Susanna' songwriter's statue removed amid criticism
I honestly don't know what to make of this.
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I know Clean.......the statue thing is a tough call. I think there are so many more important fights out there to be had but on the other hand, walking by statues such as this on a daily basis may eat away at one's soul little by little. The statue depicts Foster with a black man (slave) sitting below him wearing no shoes. I don't live in Pittsburgh but I think if I did, that statue would bug the hell out of me.
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