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Old 02-15-2018, 02:23 PM
 
Location: UK
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Meanwhile H&M is still apologizing over their pretty cute yet fairly ordinary 'coolest monkey in the jungle' shirt ad. Crazy, right.

Historical, long-standing statues have been removed or defaced.

The New York Met Museum was recently sued for allowing a new painting depicting a blonde haired, light skinned Jesus Christ.
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Old 02-15-2018, 02:31 PM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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Which is a very different thing from advocating the killing of white people.
No, it's not. Why depict "kill whitey" at all?

Should Trump have his Smithsonian portrait painted by a white artist known for his "kill Blacks" pieces? Would that be OK?
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Old 02-15-2018, 02:32 PM
 
Location: Lyon, France, Whidbey Island WA
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Dane in LA

Its absolutely the same. Why mince words about something so savage and malicious. He said it because in his mind it represents reality whether his or another's he endorses it by creating it.

It's like the german who sings a lullaby to the jew as she enters the gas chamber...And again a passive and aggressive and COVERT attempt to send a message a message of hatred advocating the death of another

...just like the former president in choosing the artist. Adults take responsibility for their actions and their mistakes.
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Old 02-15-2018, 02:41 PM
 
Location: Marquette, Mich
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No, it's not. Why depict "kill whitey" at all?

Should Trump have his Smithsonian portrait painted by a white artist known for his "kill Blacks" pieces? Would that be OK?
"Kill Whitey" is a trope that has found its way into some music. This artist took that trope and used it to make a statement, but the statement is not about killing white people. By fashioning it after another artistic trope--the severed head and the fair maid--he is making a point about where we are, culturally, and it is a strong comment on race relations. He is not inciting violence, no matter how many times you say it. You are wrong. Learn something today.
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Old 02-15-2018, 02:45 PM
 
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"Kill Whitey" is a trope that has found its way into some music. This artist took that trope and used it to make a statement, but the statement is not about killing white people.
Did you somehow miss the white people's severed heads in the "kill whitey" paintings, blood dripping, with the knife held by a Black person?

I'll ask again... Should Trump have his Smithsonian portrait painted by a white artist known for his "kill Blacks" pieces? Would that be OK?
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Old 02-15-2018, 02:47 PM
 
Location: Lyon, France, Whidbey Island WA
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"kill whitey" is a trope that has found its way into some music. This artist took that trope and used it to make a statement, but the statement is not about killing white people. By fashioning it after another artistic trope--the severed head and the fair maid--he is making a point about where we are, culturally, and it is a strong comment on race relations. He is not inciting violence, no matter how many times you say it. You are wrong. Learn something today.
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Old 02-15-2018, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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"Kill Whitey" is a trope that has found its way into some music. This artist took that trope and used it to make a statement, but the statement is not about killing white people. By fashioning it after another artistic trope--the severed head and the fair maid--he is making a point about where we are, culturally, and it is a strong comment on race relations. He is not inciting violence, no matter how many times you say it. You are wrong. Learn something today.
So "Kill Whitey", and images of decapitated White people just show where we are on race relations? So if a White artist depicted Blacks being lynched, hanging from a tree with the caption being Kill N*****s, that would just be showing where we are on race relations, and OK?

Please explain. I want to learn something today.
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Old 02-15-2018, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Lyon, France, Whidbey Island WA
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Did you somehow miss the white people's severed heads in the "kill whitey" paintings, blood dripping, with the knife held by a Black person?

I'll ask again... Should Trump have his Smithsonian portrait painted by a white artist known for his "kill Blacks" pieces? Would that be OK?
They won't answer. They can't answer. They are knee deep in a thicket of thieves....and they know it.
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Old 02-15-2018, 02:49 PM
 
Location: UK
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Sorry leebeemi, you may be up on the latest 'trope' but the majority of us are not.

The president has a responsibility to choose wisely. Choice of artist was a relatively easy choice to make and he chose an artist whose prior work would obviously cause waves and hurtful feelings. Doesn't he care? Or is he saying 'too bad - if you're simply not savvy enough to appreciate high end art then stuff it?' Atypical for a president of a very diverse nation...

Doesn't he care?
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Old 02-15-2018, 02:49 PM
 
Location: Lyon, France, Whidbey Island WA
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So "Kill Whitey", and images of decapitated White people just show where we are on race relations? So if a White artist depicted Blacks being lynched, hanging from a tree with the caption being Kill N*****s, that would just be showing where we are on race relations, and OK?

Please explain. I want to learn something today.
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