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Dec 2019
15m 59s

San Francisco Debates How to Honor Women...

KQED
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San Francisco's Arts Commission wants a public monument honoring poet Maya Angelou. It's part of an effort to fix the fact that just 2 percent of public sculptures in the city honor women. But the commission and the local arts community can't agree on how Maya Angelou should be represented. The debate has highlighted a rift between people who want to see women represented in the same way men are -- through statues -- and others who say there's gotta be a better way to honor women.

Guest: Chloe Veltman, Arts & Culture Reporter for KQED
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