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{{Display censorship incident
|ongoing=yes
|ongoing=no
|year=2015,
|year=2015,
|region=North America
|region=North America
|artist=Victor De La Rosa,
|artist=Victor De La Rosa,
|subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion, Racial/Ethnic
|subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion
|confronting_bodies=San Francisco Bay Area Transit Authority
|confronting_bodies=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit
|medium=Public Art, Public Speech
|medium=Mixed Media, Public Art
|date_of_action=September 2015
|date_of_action=September 2015
|location=San Francisco, United States of America
|location=San Francisco, United States of America
|description_of_content=La Gente De Tu Barrio / The People of Your Neighborhood [The Mission Suite], by Victor De la Rosa, engages the subject of gentrification of the San Francisco Mission neighborhood by featuring four local residents and their statements on four textile panels.  
|description_of_content=La Gente De Tu Barrio / The People of Your Neighborhood [The Mission Suite], by Victor De la Rosa, features local residents of the San Francisco Mission neighborhood addressing gentrification.  The work consists of four textile panels and accompanying text.


A panel featuring a photo of local resident Micky "Tiny Loca" Martinez prominently states, "Bitch, you're not from here!" in bold typeface. Each panel has a border of typed contrasts, such as "Us Vs. Them" and "Pour-Over Vs. Nescafe."
De la Rosa solicited stories from Mission residents and included conversations heard locally. One panel features a photo of resident Micky "Tiny Loca" Martinez, quoting from a story she told the artist, which included the words "Bitch, you're not from here!". Every panel has keywords reflecting views of life in the Mission, such as "Vibrant" or "Art!" or "forced out," and a border consisting of pairs of words such as "Us Vs. Them," "Pour-Over Vs. Nescafe," or "YOLO VS. OG."
|description_of_incident=De La Rosa was commissioned by the City of San Francisco in February 2015 to create artwork regarding the Mission neighborhood. His panels were intended to be placed in the plaza at the BART 16th St. Mission station in September 2015.  
|description_of_incident=Commissioned by the City of San Francisco in February 2015 to create artwork about the Mission neighborhood, De la Rosa's panels were intended to be placed in the plaza of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) 16th St. station in September 2015.


However, the Bay Area Transit Authority (BART) rejected the "Tiny Loca" panel due to the use of the word "bitch" and confrontational tone. The agency stated they were still developing a public art policy and held the work to the standards of their advertising policy. Blurring the word "bitch" was rejected by BART because they stated it would not revise the "overall demeaning tone of the message in that panel." De la Rosa would not have participated in any edits.
BART rejected the "Tiny Loca" panel due to the use of the word "bitch" and "overall demeaning message." The agency, which is still developing a public art policy, allegedly applied its advertising policy when evaluating the work.
|description_of_result=BART offered to feature the other three panels. De la Rosa viewed the fourth panel as integral to the work and refused. In late October, in a guerilla action,  De la Rosa and supporters placed copies of the panels on the plaza display cases at the 16th St. station and spoke with local residents about the work.


BART offered to feature the other three panels, but De la Rosa refused, viewing the contested panel as integral to the work. In late October, De la Rosa and supporters placed copies of the contested panel on plaza display cases and spoke with locals.
On December 4, 2015, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and the National Coalition Against Censorship submitted an open letter to BART, arguing that the refusal to place one of the four panels of La Gente De Tu Barrio because some official may have subjectively found it "demeaning" was viewpoint discrimination and violated the First Amendment.


On December 4, 2015, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and the National Coalition Against Censorship submitted a letter to BART, arguing the refusal to place the "Tiny Loca" panel was viewpoint discrimination and contrary to the First Amendment.
As of December 2015, La Gente De Tu Barrio / The People of Your Neighborhood [The Mission Suite] has not been placed in the plaza of the San Francisco 16th St. BART station.
|description_of_result=As of December 2015, BART refuses to place the "Tiny Loca" panel.
|image=Tumblr nw0wtuekNl1szfav0o1 1280.jpg
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|source=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-rejects-Mission-gentrification-art-6682500.php, http://www.scribd.com/doc/292160799/Letter-to-BART-Censored-Art,
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Artist: Victor De La Rosa

Year: 2015

Date of Action: September 2015

Region: North America

Location: San Francisco, United States of America

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Mixed Media, Public Art

Confronting Bodies: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit

Description of Artwork: La Gente De Tu Barrio / The People of Your Neighborhood [The Mission Suite], by Victor De la Rosa, features local residents of the San Francisco Mission neighborhood addressing gentrification. The work consists of four textile panels and accompanying text.

De la Rosa solicited stories from Mission residents and included conversations heard locally. One panel features a photo of resident Micky "Tiny Loca" Martinez, quoting from a story she told the artist, which included the words "Bitch, you're not from here!". Every panel has keywords reflecting views of life in the Mission, such as "Vibrant" or "Art!" or "forced out," and a border consisting of pairs of words such as "Us Vs. Them," "Pour-Over Vs. Nescafe," or "YOLO VS. OG."

The Incident: Commissioned by the City of San Francisco in February 2015 to create artwork about the Mission neighborhood, De la Rosa's panels were intended to be placed in the plaza of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) 16th St. station in September 2015.

BART rejected the "Tiny Loca" panel due to the use of the word "bitch" and "overall demeaning message." The agency, which is still developing a public art policy, allegedly applied its advertising policy when evaluating the work.

Results of Incident: BART offered to feature the other three panels. De la Rosa viewed the fourth panel as integral to the work and refused. In late October, in a guerilla action, De la Rosa and supporters placed copies of the panels on the plaza display cases at the 16th St. station and spoke with local residents about the work.

On December 4, 2015, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and the National Coalition Against Censorship submitted an open letter to BART, arguing that the refusal to place one of the four panels of La Gente De Tu Barrio because some official may have subjectively found it "demeaning" was viewpoint discrimination and violated the First Amendment.

As of December 2015, La Gente De Tu Barrio / The People of Your Neighborhood [The Mission Suite] has not been placed in the plaza of the San Francisco 16th St. BART station.

Source:
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-rejects-Mission-gentrification-art-6682500.php,
http://www.scribd.com/doc/292160799/Letter-to-BART-Censored-Art