ʻO ke kiʻi ʻo Theodore Roosevelt ma ke alo o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o Manhattan, New York City, US / CFP

E hoʻoneʻe ʻia kahi kiʻi kaulana o Theodore Roosevelt ma ka puka o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma New York City ma hope o nā makahiki o ka hoʻohewa ʻana he hōʻailona ia i ka hoʻokauwā colonial a me ka hoʻokae lāhui.

Ua koho lōkahi ka New York City Public Design Commission i ka Pōʻakahi e hoʻoneʻe i ke kiʻi, e hōʻike ana i ka pelekikena mua ma luna o ka lio me kahi kanaka ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a me kahi kanaka ʻApelika e holo ana i ka lio, e like me ka New York Times.

Ua ʻōlelo ka nūpepa e hele ana ke kiʻi i kahi hale moʻomeheu i koho ʻia i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ke ola a me ka hoʻoilina o Roosevelt.

Ua kū ke kiʻi keleawe ma ka puka komo o Central Park West mai ka makahiki 1940.

Ua ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā kūʻē i ke kiʻi i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ʻoi aku ka nui ma hope o ka pepehi ʻana iā George Floyd i hoʻāla i ka helu lāhui a me ka nalu o nā kūʻē ma waena o US I Iune 2020, ua manaʻo nā luna hale hōʻikeʻike e wehe i ke kiʻi.Aia ka hale hōʻikeʻike ma ka waiwai o ke kūlanakauhale a ua kākoʻo ʻo Mayor Bill de Blasio i ka wehe ʻana i ka "kiʻi pilikia."

Ua ʻōlelo nā luna o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ua hauʻoli lākou i ke koho balota o ke komisina ma kahi ʻōlelo i hoʻomākaukau ʻia i leka uila i ka Pōʻakolu a mahalo i ke kūlanakauhale.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sam Biederman o ke Keʻena ʻOihana ʻo New York City Parks ma ka hālāwai i ka Pōʻakahi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i kūkulu ʻia ke kiʻi me ka manaʻo ʻino, "kākoʻo kāna haku i kahi ʻano kumuhana o ka colonization a me ka racism," e like me The Times.