If there were going to be several statues of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Mall in DC, who created those statues would not matter as much. But, there will be one statue and the fact that the selection committee went all the way to China to find an artist they deemed suitable to create this statue is an insult to the vital and diverse creative community right here in America. Here’s the story laid out in the Los Angeles Times:
CHANGSHA, China — Someday, a great monument in Washington …