Posted on 03/29/2017 3:32:49 PM PDT by rightistight
Huffington Post author Zeba Blay argued last week that, when white people paint black people, it is an example of "white privilege," as whites are profiteering off of black pain.
The article, titled "When White People Profit Off Of Black Pain," was inspired by a painting of Emmett Till by a woman, Dana Schutz, who Ms. Blay repeatedly pointed out is white.
"What exactly are the implications of white artists creating (and profiting) off of work that depicts black trauma and black pain?" the article begins.
White people are constantly looking to exploit black people, Ms. Blay argues, writing, "we see white artists and creators profit off of black trauma, black death, and black bodies time and time again. We see it in the endless loop of shaky iPhone videos and dashcam clips that replay the deaths of black people."
And despite the fact that the painting of Emmett Till is not for sale, Blay asserts that it "will undoubtedly lead to some form of profit down the road. And this is beyond just profit. It’s about the currency of privilege."
Ms. Blay asks, "Did Dana Shutz [sic] ever stop to think she was literally taking ownership of the young Emmet Till’s body for her own gain?"
Misspelling the artist's name again, then spelling it correctly, Blay says, "Shutz’s [sic] painting, quite frankly, adds nothing to, past highlighting the aestheticization of black trauma for profit and for press... Schultz’s painting takes up space rather than creating it."
The article concludes, "The only thing to take away from this controversy is this: listen to black people. Believe black people. Give black people the access and space and resources to elitist, mostly white institutions so that issues like these don’t even have the chance to arise."
You mean I HAVE to listen to them?
Fuggedabout it. I can handle being a moral reprobate.
Read the article quotes, the references to evil white people are every bit as dangerous as the worst Hitlerian propaganda.
What color are they painted?
Oil or Latex?
That was my first thought when I read this article, but then I had to go feed the dogs. So, you beat me to it.
I love it, I hope they never stop talking crazy. Bannon was right, the next time a Democrat is elected POTUS will be in 50 years, people have had it up to here with the Rat party and the lunatics.
If I have “White privilege”, let me exercise it without feeling guilty.
Are your stick figures in black ink or black crayon?
OK, we will never mention blacks again, positively or negatively.
This is akin to the story an elderly man is sitting to a 5 year old boy and his mother on a train. The elderly man farts. The five year old boy starts laughing hysterically. The woman is disgusted by the natural bodily function.
This is the example of what society has become today.
They are gradually getting to a point where white person genocide is the only and final solution.
Perhaps the author is not thinking that, or would repulsed by the thought; but the next author may agree to it.
an elderly man is sitting *next* to a 5 year old boy and his mother
bah! fixed it.
lol
Liberals are absolutely off the rails.
And Youtube. Lots of black people on Youtube.
I watch a lot of them. It’s not like I can help myself, White Privilege was born into me.
Don’t paint black people if you’re white...
I’d like to take it one step forward in her case. Don’t read articles or opinion pieces by black people if you’re white.
Then they’ll go away (liberal idiotic piece of crap).
It just goes to show, you don’t have to have any talent to be an artist. The first thing I thought of was ET closet scene from the movie.
BLM — just a black-sheet version of KKK. A bit late, and passe, but there you are.
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