{"id":489864,"date":"2022-09-03T03:25:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T00:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ny-town-fights-to-remove-farrakhan-on-taxpayer-funded-blm-mural\/"},"modified":"2022-09-03T03:25:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T00:25:40","slug":"ny-town-fights-to-remove-farrakhan-on-taxpayer-funded-blm-mural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ny-town-fights-to-remove-farrakhan-on-taxpayer-funded-blm-mural\/","title":{"rendered":"#NY town fights to remove Farrakhan on taxpayer-funded BLM mural"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b3a9d19bf6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b3a9d19bf6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ny-town-fights-to-remove-farrakhan-on-taxpayer-funded-blm-mural\/#%E2%80%9CNY_town_fights_to_remove_Farrakhan_on_taxpayer-funded_BLM_mural%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NY town fights to remove Farrakhan on taxpayer-funded BLM mural&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNY_town_fights_to_remove_Farrakhan_on_taxpayer-funded_BLM_mural%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NY town fights to remove Farrakhan on taxpayer-funded BLM mural&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A taxpayer-funded Black Lives Matter mural in a tony Westchester town is causing outrage after the artist quietly slipped in an image of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, sources said. <\/p>\n<p>The painting of the firebrand minister \u2014 who has in the past ranted about \u201cSatanic Jews\u201d \u2014 was inserted among depictions of sports heroes and cops as part of a $100,000 government work in the town of Greenburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Town Supervisor Paul Feiner said Friday Farrakhan\u2019s face was not on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved mural and demanded his removal. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy feeling is if someone thinks Farrakhan is a great person they could put his picture on their house or in their living room but it shouldn\u2019t be on a taxpayer-funded wall,\u201d said Feiner, who is white.<\/p>\n<p>Feiner, a Democrat, said members of the local Jewish community called him to say they were \u201cvery offended\u201d by the inclusion of Farrakhan, who once told followers they needed to distinguish \u201cbetween the righteous Jew and the Satanic Jews who have infected the whole world with poison and deceit,\u201d according to the Anti-Defamation League.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/black-lives-matter-mural-farrakhan-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Farrakhan has warned his followers about the different types of Jews. \" class=\"wp-image-23724412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/black-lives-matter-mural-farrakhan-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/black-lives-matter-mural-farrakhan-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/black-lives-matter-mural-farrakhan-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Farrakhan has been accused of anti-Semitism for his previous comments about Jewish people. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The town \u2014 where the average income is over $130,000 a year \u2014 approved the mural to go up on Manhattan Avenue under an Interstate 287 overpass, after seeing a sketch of the art that didn\u2019t include Farrakhan.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe had no clue that he was going to be, you know, putting this image on. So, we\u2019re all shocked,\u201d Feiner told The Post. <\/p>\n<p>Despite Feiner\u2019s opposition, artist Kendo Art said he had a right to include Farrakhan and hasn\u2019t decided if he will remove him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understood that the sketch that I provided wouldn\u2019t be an exact one-to-one rendering of what was gonna go on the wall,\u201d the artist told The Post. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a lot of back and forth about what figures and what people we could add and I was really particular about being able to include people that we \u2014 from our community \u2014 kind of saw as being prevalent figures.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/black-lives-matter-mural-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The draft shown to the city reportedly did not include an image of Farrakhan.\" class=\"wp-image-23724416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/black-lives-matter-mural-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/black-lives-matter-mural-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/black-lives-matter-mural-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Town Supervisor Paul Feiner said he was unaware the mural was going to include Farrakhan.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>AJ Woodson, editor-in-chief of the fiery Black Westchester website, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blackwestchester.com\/paul-feiner-rejects-invitation-for-courageous-conversation\/\">has blogged on the topic<\/a> and said he is in support of keeping Farrakhan on the mural because of what he represents to the black community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy problem is bigger than Farrakhan and bigger than this mural,\u201d Woodson said. \u201cMy problem is white people picking our heroes for us and who we are allowed to celebrate and who we are not allowed to celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mural also includes images of black leaders like Malcolm X and boxing champ Muhammad Ali, who Woodson noted were controversial in their times.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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