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<a href="http://sfist.com/2009/03/12/local_trekkie_upset_about_scale_of.php">Our old trekkie pal Zennie Abraham</a> is back on <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail?entry_id=47447">his City Brights blog</a> questioning the display currently in the windows at the Calvin Klein store in the Westfield Centre. A reader wrote in to say s/he thought it provoked images of African-American lynchings, given the ropes and, we suppose, the fact that these are literally black mannequins. We would argue it looks a lot more like circus/gymnastics imagery to us, given the trapeze and all, but sure, someone could make an argument that the bodies randomly slung by two ropes are questionable. Anyway, it's hardly a question for national concern, but Zennie has put up a poll and he's asking you to vote. We've embedded the poll here, so, for Zennie's sake, please let him know what you think.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>