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Children at the US and Mexican border were given the chance to play together after two professors built a set of seesaws.
The seesaws stretched across the border wall separating the two nations. In a video posted to Instagram by Ronald Rael, the University of California architecture professor who came up with the seesaw project, children can be seen on either side of the border. The project is stationed between Ciudad Juárez in Mexico's Chihuahua State and El Paso, Texas.
Calling the project "one of the most incredible experiences", Rael described how powerful it was to see children playing across borders.
Artists installed seesaws at the border wall so that kids in the U.S. and Mexico could play together. It was design… https://t.co/sFTgji5d1i— Mauricio Martínez (@Mauricio Martínez) 1564457778
He said:
The wall became a literal fulcrum for U.S.-Mexico relations and children and adults were connected in meaningful ways on both sides with the recognition that the actions that take place on one side have a direct consequence on the other side.
The architect said that he had the idea for the project ten years ago, before the border became a politically divisive issue under president Trump.
The video of the seesaw project quickly began to circulate on social media, where it received an overwhelmingly positive reaction.
Earlier this year I read an extract of architect Ronald Rael’s anti-border wall manifesto. Yesterday he & Virginia… https://t.co/DphibHiUiS— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@Hannah Jane Parkinson) 1564483957
@martinezmau Children are so much more intelligent than adults.— Gina Lujan (@Gina Lujan) 1564465965
@martinezmau @bongosaloon With all the horrible things going on at that border it's so beautiful to see at least so… https://t.co/CsK0suZYBX— ღ(¯◕‿◕¯) 𝕮orrine ♊ 🎶💞 TripleVaxxed💪 (@ღ(¯◕‿◕¯) 𝕮orrine ♊ 🎶💞 TripleVaxxed💪) 1564469661
@martinezmau That's a great idea! Trump's retoric is so full of hate that immigrants have been dehumanised, the onl… https://t.co/772llyKxXD— Franco Cavalla (@Franco Cavalla) 1564471341
@martinezmau @ohhoe This is like a real life Banksy— SPARKE (@SPARKE) 1564464683
The two professors behind the project say it recognizes “that the actions that take place on one side have a direct… https://t.co/Yz06G81Nid— Alanna Vagianos (@Alanna Vagianos) 1564497987
Ronald Rael, an architect & artist, installed seesaws at the border wall so that children in the U.S. & Mexico cou… https://t.co/bxMkSrdN7H— Simar (@Simar) 1564494743
No, *you're* crying.
H/T: Newsweek
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