Mykwain Presents: Sofia Maldonado's 42nd Street Mural reactions.m4v

New Yorkers react to Sofia Maldonado's controversial "42nd Street Mural," currently on display in the heart of New York City - Times Square. Directed & edited by: Mykwain A. Gainey

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• Sofia
• Maldonado
• Times
• Square
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• New
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• mural
• painting
• controversy
• protest
• Beyonce
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• Black
• Hispanic
• Latina
• Stereotypes
• 42nd
• Street

[MAHYER2]

okey i think is bullshit!!! thats art so the fact that people are so ignorant to it...sucks but is a reality. Dumb ass people with no perspective of art,im white and if their was a white woman their i wouldnt be offended beacuse is art, and i think the mural was beautiful..i love it..and i am latina so...Sofia te quedo cabron que se vallan pa la mierda estos cabrones. jaja One love from P.R.

[jovialduke]

this = artists intention

[ektorDub]

las gringas como son unas chumbas' sienten envidia hacia las latinas por sus poderosas curvas, y los gringos como no saben lo que son una mujer con curvas lo que ven son gringitas rubias de ojos azules se sienten ofendidos al ver un mural de una mujer con mucha curva porque piensan que es algo obsceno peor no lo es, ese mural representa la mujer latina no la mujer gringa, MORONES, RACISTAS & ENVIDIOSOS!!! y sofia tu eres una artista profecional no te dejes de estos pendejos ellos te hacen cafee!

[treshermanoscnm]

Just to let you know Americans, in Puerto Rico people don't know what is to be a racist because we aren't. These Americans are so ignorant and primitive that it is almost incredible how their critical thinking works. BTW, Sofia made a mural like this in PR and there was not a single protest about it (not even church).

[yamilayamilayamila]

People are ignorant these days *sigh*

And that guy is even an artist if he doesn't know one of an artist rule= interpretation of the art.

They do not try to use their brain and think outside of box what each art means. They just see and judge.

[DaGrimm1]

@kmsmith1210 Actually...

I'm a Lone Star prick.

:D

[kmsmith1210]

@DaGrimm1 Oh, you must be one of those Jersey Shore pricks...Go fuck yourself.

[kmsmith1210]

@patisserie1 I COULDN'T agree with you more. I don't know if she's racist, but I'd like to know where she's from...Spain? Argentina? These countries have ALWAYS had a superior attitude toward othe Latin or Hispanic communities...regardless, this mural is disgusting. I'm sure though, with all this controversy and attention, she'll soon be laughing all the way to the bank...at OUR expense.

[kmsmith1210]

@gyd1 I'm an educated woman of Puerto Rican descent from NYC. Maybe this is a reality in YOUR household with YOUR family members, but that filthy depiction wasn't nor ISN'T a reality in my latin household. Let's turn this around a bit, what if the mural was created with depictions of white people in Nazi uniforms, and holding whips, beating people of color...I'm sure that there would be plenty of whites that would be offended by it because not ALL whites are racists...