New York City’s Time Square has erected a 12-foot-tall “woke” statue of an overweight Black woman — supposedly meant to promote “greater cultural diversity.”
The statue, titled “Grounded in the Stars” was created by artist Thomas J. Price. The artist says that his work “confronts preconceived notions of identity and representation,” according to the Times Square official website.
The statue features what appears to be a “husky” Black woman wearing a t-shirt and pants with braided hair, who is resting her hands on her hips…