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As a black american, I do feel that the painting was racist nor offensive. I think it is a nice painting that reflects the contributions that blacks made in NC.

I'm a black female and I do not find the mural to be offensive, racist, nor does it remind me of slavery. I am happy that someone came up with the notion to honor my ancestors and their contributions.

Axekick - You certainly do not know me... and if you did you'd know I am the last person on earth to have the word "racist" in the same sentence as my name. YOU have personally offended me. YOU owe ME an apology, Axekick. And if you knew anything at all about the TV news industry, you would know that I was assigned this story. So are you calling my bosses RACISTS, too. Get a clue, Bud. I think I now have a clue as to why you're named AXEKICK because obviously you've ticked somebody else off as badly as you have me. Oh, by the way, why don't you also tell my husband CHOCOLATE that I'm a racist!

I guess we are not reading the same post I said I didn't know if this story was your idea or that of your employer and I didn't call you anything! I am called axekick because I’m a two time heavy weight national kick boxing champion who has knocked out many of my opponents with my feet. If I hit a nerve ask yourself why you feel the way you do, I showed you respect nothing I said was out of line I just gave an intelligent definition of the word racist and questioned the news worthiness of the story. I owe you nothing because I did not say how you stood on the issue one way or another!

I disagree and there will be no apology!

Alexi, you have every reason to be proud of your mother. She is a great reporter and I can tell she is a very caring person by the way she does her reporting. Caron, I know that comment made you angry, it did me too when I read it. This may not be news worthy to some, but there are obviously people that this mural has offended, or there would not be a story. Keep up the good work!

Randy B. Hall - I passed on the "Thank You" to Chocolate. It should have gone out on the radio waves on my husband's national daily radio show - Tradin' Paint on Sirius 128 from 11 to 3 each day.
As for YOU KickAxe, I don't care how fast your feet are, it takes a real man to say he's sorry - that he was wrong to say what he did. I guess that's why I'm not getting an apology from you, huh?

I surfed for a more detailed shot of the mural so I could make a better judgement. I wanted to see if anything unseen represented hanging or whipping or slaves in chains. I couldn’t find any unstitched close-up panorama shots of each section of the mural. I saw the story on wxii, read the Greensboro paper’s article and watched Caron Myers story.
http://tinyurl.com/38cye9
I surfed the net for artwork by Kitty Williams and Jack Stone.
http://www.brushfirestudios.org/
Unless the large mural has hidden scenes, Caron’s Story is very clear. The town manager and the head of the NAACP approve the mural because it represents freedom from slavery. The River was The best way to transport goods and represented freedom and jobs to Black and White men. One White man is pushing a large barrel while the Black guy carries a little bucket. For all we know the White guy playing the banjo is on break. The Black people in Caron’s interview must not be aware of what the mural really stands for.

You need to think before you speak, Axe and Caron is right, a "real" man would say he's sorry.

You guys may as well let go...I think I just found out what kick boxing does to the brain!