Why the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Failed—and How to Fix It
December 12, 2011
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/why-the-martin-luther-king-jr-memorial-failed-and-how-to-fix-it/249563/
But King's statue itself is a disappointment. It has been criticized for its Maoist overtones (it was carved by a Chinese sculptor, Lei Yixin, in China, and assembled in Washington by Chinese workers -- talk about outsourcing). It's a one-liner, sort of a "great man" statue you'd see in Beijing -- so alien to the fully human being that King was. Getting turned into stone can be deadly.
