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Havent heard of this before.
My sense is that whites who reject the "redskins" do so because of its racist connotations.
Rejecting Native American sports team mascots is "erasing them from history"???There is a difference between rejecting 'Redskins' as a team name and opposing anything that could possibly relate to American Indians. One eliminates an offensive name, the other erases them from history. I say could possible because Braves, Chiefs and Warriors are roles not unique to American Indians.
Has anyone thought of black children who may want to ride the ride and how it would affect them or make them feel to see that and they may be too young to understand why it's there?
Without seeing the image in question, does anyone really think any given child is likely to be negatively impacted by the image? Yes, I get that it's a racist art style, but is anyone likely to see it and be actually harmed?That's a really good point. We have to make sure the views of the past don't negatively impact people today.
Without seeing the image in question, does anyone really think any given child is likely to be negatively impacted by the image? Yes, I get that it's a racist art style, but is anyone likely to see it and be actually harmed?
Without seeing the image in question, does anyone really think any given child is likely to be negatively impacted by the image? Yes, I get that it's a racist art style, but is anyone likely to see it and be actually harmed?
Theres a photo of it in the first link of the OP. I would never have thought it was racist and I still don't know what makes it racist. Maybe the black children depicted could have been drawn more cuter???
I think that the biggest middle finger to the piece of art is for black children to enjoy the ride anyway. The person who painted it would likely have found that to have been the most offensive.There has been quite a debate going on since last summer regarding a painting on a century-old merry-go-round in New York. The painting shows two black children frightened by a rooster. The kids are depicted in a very derogatory style known as 'Pickaninny'. At the time it was created, the style was considered perfectly acceptable- and for obvious reasons would not be so today.
For more than one hundred years, the picture has been in place on the merry-go-round with hardly anyone noticing. People of all races had ridden the ride and not been bothered. Now that someone has noticed and complained about it, there have been protests and a firestorm of controversy surrounding it. Many want to keep it in place, because it is part of a historic ride that is in its original location and has all its original parts. Removing the piece would cause it to lose historical value and integrity. (In fact, the decided solution is to keep it up but to install signs explaining the debate around it and its significance.)
Understandably, several African Americans- and even some other races- are deeply offended by the painting now that it's been brought to light, and are demanding its removal. Most are wanting it to go into a museum, but a few want it to be destroyed. One person was even in favor of the entire merry-go-round being "burned to the ground".
So, here is the debate: regardless of your race, from a Christian standpoint, how would this issue best be handled?
http://www.ijreview.com/2015/08/386...-old-carousel-panel-rochester-ny-will-remain/
http://www.rochestersubway.com/topi...carousel-debate-the-preservation-of-ridicule/
http://talkerofthetown.com/2015/12/...to-the-jim-crow-museum-of-racist-memorabalia/
The style of art (mentioned in the OP as "pickaninny"), is a racist caricature style. Here's some info about it:
http://www.authentichistory.com/diversity/african/3-coon/2-pickaninny/
http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/picaninny/
Well yes the link shows offensive stereotypes except for that Sambo character. Looking at the merry- go-round depiction which has no inscriptions, my mind simply does not go there to view it as insulting. Just like I never viewed Buckwheat of the Little Rascals as playing a derogatory black character, afterall Alfalfa was never made to look like a genius neither.
I would think black children would like seeing black children depicted instead of the usual white kids depicted. You can always paint over their faces and make them white, that way no one will complain about being offended. As I said in reality it's just censoring black history, modern day book burning.
Without seeing the image in question, does anyone really think any given child is likely to be negatively impacted by the image? Yes, I get that it's a racist art style, but is anyone likely to see it and be actually harmed?
The style of art (mentioned in the OP as "pickaninny"), is a racist caricature style. Here's some info about it:
http://www.authentichistory.com/diversity/african/3-coon/2-pickaninny/
http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/picaninny/
Well yes the link shows offensive stereotypes except for that Sambo character. Looking at the merry- go-round depiction which has no inscriptions, my mind simply does not go there to view it as insulting. Just like I never viewed Buckwheat of the Little Rascals as playing a derogatory black character, afterall Alfalfa was never made to look like a genius neither. Nor have I ever thought of Cosby's characters in Fat Albert cartoons as derogatory caricatures.
What do you mean "allow"?All works of art stir up feelings within us. And, different people feel different things when they see them. Should we allow all of mankind to be denied the expression of any work of art simply because a few people don't like what it stirs up in them. To me, that would be the racist act.
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