"Made in China" does not devalue King's statue

Washington Post,August 18, 2007 on page A22: Amanda Schumaker wrote: "I can't believe that Atlanta residents Gilbert and Lea Winfrey Young were so outraged at the outsourcing of the commissioned artwork. The most important things for a memorial is to do just that,memorialize what the person who is being honored stood for. The Rev. Martin Luther King,Jr., the person in this case, stood not only for equality and harmony between blacks and whites but among all people in USA. I feel that artist Lei Yixin is an excellent choice as sculptor, not only because of his talent but also because he suffered oppression during the 1960s in China, as many blacks were suffering here in America before and during the civil rights movement. I am eager to visit the new memorial in 2009. I am sure that sculpture of the Rev. King will do him justice, regardless of where it was made or by whom." My comment: Such rationale is to understand globalization of human beings on earth with equal opportunities to make contributions. It would be interesting to note another case that two American citizens of Chinese ancestry with tenure had to leave the same college after 17 and 18 years of teaching in Maryland for unfair treatment of scholars of color. Let us wake up and realize that people of all colors are children of God. Francis Shieh on Saturday, August 18, 2007