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Many critics believe that modern "art" like Price’s sculpture or the Fearless Girl is part of a larger trend of deconstructing success and traditional heroism—a process driven by ideologies that prioritize identity politics over genuine achievement. This approach, they argue, results in monuments of mediocrity that serve more as statements against existing power structures than as celebrations of real individuals.
Furthermore, the critique suggests that these symbolic gestures are cultural overreach, designed more for optics than for meaningful recognition of history or accomplishment. The fact that the Black woman in "Grounded in the Stars" is fictitious and without any specific story or contribution is seen as a failure to honor real heroes.