Bohnett Park Gets Major Makeover

In the artwork I see here, I notice there are no mixed-race, Asian or White kids represented. Any reason why?

If this artwork is supposed to be about all the kids in the area succeeding at various sports, I wonder where the Asian, White and mixed-race kids are?

Last time I was in SB, it contained a lot of people from a lot of ethnicities, and I don't see them represented here.

I don't see any wheelchair users either. There are kids who use wheelchairs who also play sports, or who might like to if given a chance.

Really SB...either you're inclusive or exclusive...but you can't say you're one way while acting the other way.

Just an observation...

Maybe Holly should get out more often and visit such parks instead of speculating on reality based on a photo at the Indy website?

But I commend such powers of eugenics by diving the genetic composition of a cartoonish rendition of a person painted as a mural on the side of a gym.

Holly is absolutely right. There is not one Anglo or Asian person depicted on this mural. So much for ethnic "diversity," I guess. Or are we supposed to just not notice this omission, as John Adams patronizingly suggests?

Let me tell you how you would make it a safer place-have a police substation either in the park or very close by.

Rex, you can notice it. I will also notice that you replaced Holly's word White with the word Anglo. Anglo is not a replacement for White. I am white, and I am not Anglo. I am Jewish and Irish. Anglo was invented by white supremacists to distinguish themselves from people like me. Holly got that one right. As for the rest of it, you could go either way with the depictions, either making it inclusive of everyone of every possible type of ethnicity/race/gender/ability, or just one or two that happen to predominate in the neighborhood. Anywayze I've got olive skin and dark hair, so the gals I see in the mural look enough like me to satisfy me.

I'd be interested to know if the mural figures depict any athletes in particular. The tennis player reminds me of Althea Gibson.

Mexican's or Latinos also come in every shade and race.

Kudos to Nitz. I don't have a drop (as far as I know) of Anglo blood in me. Also, Nitz knows from his/her heritage Jews and Irish (especially Irish-Catholics) have suffered terrible persecution even worse than many self-described victims of today.

Isn't the point of this article is how an under-utilized city park finally gets some TLC and attention -- not petty aesthetic assessments about Unzueta 's mural based on one pic in the Indie??!
I live near Bohnett Park, and have worked there with kids on service projects in the past: kudos to the Boys and Girls Clubs and the community activists pushing this. This area needs this park, especially children! Sept. 15 sounds like a good work day for me, everyone should try to come out.
Yet AZ2SB is perfectly correct, the City (are you listening Cathy Murillo??! Cam Sanches?) must place a police sub-station there and maintain a vigilant presence. There is gang activity in this congest Westside area, and some locals fear to go there, or at least in late afternoon or early evening.

It is good to know that only city council member Cathy Murillo has a say in whether a police sub-station gets installed for the first time anywhere, and at this Westside location. Also good to know that such unilateral power can disclose the secret funds that are just hiding and ready to be spent on setting up such a sub-station. Plus, we learn of a new spelling for the police chief name.

BTW, every kid ("Anglo" or not) in a white t-shirt is not taking part in "gang activity" (whatever that means), as some who obviously still do not get out much may believe.

I've been there late afternoon and early evenings a few times. Everything was pretty mellow, altho once the police were there arresting someone. No one seemed upset tho.

gee, thanks for the update on lingo, John_Adams (NOT JohnAdams)...& I imagined every Westside kid in a wifebeater belonged to a local gang... I mentioned Ms. Murillo because I think she lives on the Westside, and has undoubtedly visited Bohnett Park more than once...
and thank you again for helping with my spelling of our venerable police chief's name, Cam Sanchez.
I have put service time into this park and it's cleaning up in the past, it could be an even greater asset to the Westside. This is a high population density area, and more safety at the park and continuing fixup seems important. Aside from the Harding School green area (along Gillespie), Bohnett's got the main green spot for kids to play.