Dear Brownsville: Please don't choose sculptor Hank Willis Thomas for Tina Turner statue !
The city Tina Turner once called home is planning to honor the music legend in a big way ... with a beautiful statue of her. Bill Rawls Jr., mayor of Brownsville, TN, tells TMZ ... he wants to prominently display the work of art, and he's getting a ton of support from local leaders. Mayor Rawls wants the piece placed in Brownsville's Heritage Park ... near Carver High School, which Tina attended. Tina was born in Brownsville and lived there during much her youth. Brownsville's already home to the Tina Turner Museum, so it seems fitting to have the piece smack dab in the middle of her hometown.
PLEASE DON'T CHOOSE HANK WILLIS THOMAS to do the honors. He's responsible for the MLK / Coretta Scott King sculpture in Boston titled 'Embrace' but more commonly known as 'Holding the Penis'.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 30, 2025 7:37 PM
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Calling it Brownsville is racist
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 30, 2023 3:09 PM
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Can't wait for Scary Tina
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 30, 2023 3:49 PM
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R2 I'm afraid of that one, too. Though that's better than the MLK -Coretta 'holding penis in my hand' sculpture.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 30, 2023 4:04 PM
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The Tina Turner sculpture is out! Resembles Sideshow Bob!
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 30, 2025 6:27 PM
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I live one county over from Brownsville and I need to go see this. How did these things always turn out so bad?
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 30, 2025 7:19 PM
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R1, do you know what else Brownsville is known for besides Tina? Cotton!
Literal genocide!
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 30, 2025 7:22 PM
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You better be good to me!
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | September 30, 2025 7:36 PM
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Tina looks retarded in that awful statue ! She deserved way better than that hokey shit. Let me guess,the sculptor is black.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 30, 2025 7:37 PM
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