{"id":6331,"date":"2016-05-11T21:57:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T04:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6331"},"modified":"2016-05-11T21:57:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T04:57:58","slug":"blm-5280-requests-running-man-at-central-park-station-be-painted-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6331","title":{"rendered":"BLM 5280 Requests Running Man at Central Park Station be Painted Black"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"white<\/a>The Denver activist group Black Lives Matter 5280<\/a> has requested Stapleton undergo a name change<\/a>. Now, they\u2019re upset with an art piece at Stapleton\u2019s newly opened Central Park Station. \u201cReally? A white running man?,\u201d questioned BLM 5280 Spokesperson James Williams. \u201cThey could have thought through this one a little better. Do black people not take trains? Trust me, black people take the train. I think this is just another slap in the face from Stapleton and Forest City.\u201d\n\nStapleton resident Katie Barnum agrees. \u201cTo me, why not paint it black?\u201d says Barnum. \u201cIf this is something we can work together on and make a compromise, I really don\u2019t think there\u2019s an issue. There probably isn\u2019t any artistic significance to it being painted white, so just make the change. Most people don\u2019t care either way, and if it makes some people happy, great.\u201d Kyle Springer has a similar viewpoint. \u201cI don\u2019t have any convictions about the piece being white. Unless it has something to do with it being seen at night, but I doubt that\u2019s an issue,\u201d said Springer. \u201cMy guess is that it was a simple oversight, and wasn\u2019t done with any malice intended.\u201d At least one black resident, Duane Sellers, wants to keep the piece as is. \u201cI respect what BLM 5280 is trying to do,\u201d says Sellers. \u201cBut wouldn\u2019t a black running man in Stapleton be more racist? I think we would be further proliferating a stereotype we feel Stapletonians already have. So, as an African American Stapleton resident, I would prefer to keep it white.\u201d\nFor the MCA\u2019s part, they do not control the public art, so it is a Forest City’s issue. \u201cThis is something that BLM 5280 has to take up with Forest City,\u201d said MCA President Paul Harris. \u201cStapleton has no say on the design of the public art.\u201d Forest City refused to comment on the situation at this time. BLM 5280 spokesperson James Williams says he hopes Stapleton residents will join the effort in pressuring Forest City. \u201cThis may be something we can work together on in regards to pressuring Forest City,\u201d said Williams. \u201cMaybe Stapletonians aren\u2019t ready for a name change, but changing the color of this piece of art may be a good step in mending some wounds.\u201d It\u2019s uncertain if and when the art piece would go through a color change, but one thing is for certain, a black running man<\/a> is way better than a white running man<\/a>.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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