Alice Walker 'They should leave the mural and explain the mural to the children'

Writer and activist Alice Walker talks about the Victor Arnautoff murals at George Washington High School in San Francisco.
The San Franciso School Board has voted unanimously voted to first destroy the Victor Arnautoff. murals and then after an international backlash later voted 4 to 3 as as a "compromise" to cover it paying up to $650,000.
This interview was done on 8/18/19 in Oakland, California by WorkWeek’s Steve Zeltzer
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