I mean....really...how can anyone get more racist than that?
Posted on 09/17/2017 8:44:53 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Daniell Rider, a Hobby Lobby consumer, found a decoration at one of their stores so offensive, she shared the image on Facebook requesting that they remove the decor from their shelves. What was it?
Rider on Thursday shared a photo of a shelf with glass bottles containing what appear to be replicas of raw cotton plants.
She captioned the photo, “This decor is WRONG on SO many levels. There is nothing decorative about raw cotton… A commodity which was gained at the expense of African-American slaves.”
“A little sensitivity goes a long way,” she added. “PLEASE REMOVE THIS ‘decor.'”
What kind of outcry occurred?
After Rider shared the post, it garnered viral attention on Facebook.
At the time of this writing, the post has been “liked” 33k times, has received 76k comments, and has been shared nearly 7k times.
The reaction was split — some commenters supported Rider’s outrage and wrote things like, “What do you expect from HL!!!? NEVER shop there!” while others couldn’t find the offense in the innocuous-looking decoration.
One commenter wrote, “Ummm… it’s cotton… wtf…its 2017… do you know some slaves in 2017 that picked this cotton and didn’t get paid for it. Just… stop.” Some perspective
Art is art, and visual decor falls into that category.
Visually stimulating productions of art — whether worthy of The Louvre, or simply available at your local craft store — is created with intent and meant for interpretation.
Art’s intent is to be stimulating, and oftentimes meant to be a conversation piece in order to trigger important conversations.
Art can also be art for the sake of visual appreciation. There doesn’t necessarily need to be a deep meaning behind it.
While artists like Vincent Van Gogh and Jackson Pollock are widely different, each represents an unconventional aspect of art appreciation which some may “get,” while others may not.
Interesting point, and I think I agree. It takes more and more empowerment and moral superiority to get the desired high.
Where does it lead eventually? Each person is different, of course, but for some, it might lead to bitter frustration. It might lead others to the ultimate "high," that they feel they deserve, in physical violence, including murder. Maybe that is why they are called progressives. They progress from protesting, to violence.
That is irrelevant. Racist slave owners grew it. Specifically for textiles!
I’m not so sure about linen. Egyptian priests (slave owners) wore only linen clothing as a sign of purity. Romans (also slave owners) also used linen for sails. Them’s facts of flax!
Strange—two lady acquaintances of mine of the Caucasian persuasion have very strong backs and legs from picking and hauling cotton. They mentioned nothing about slavery.
Linen is flax. I’m sure slaves have picked that too, somewhere.
Oh crap linen is flax. I was wrong. Happens once in a while.
This is getting close to the incident in which some Muslins complained that the swirls of ice cream in a photo of a McDonald’’s soft serve cone, if you looked at them just the right way, spelled the name of Allah in Arabic.
By the way, “cotton pickin’” has to go too, because allegedly was originally a slur against people who picked cotton.
I wish we had picked our own damned cotton.
That was such a great movie and everyone back in the day was in it! Saw it for two bits!
I mean....really...how can anyone get more racist than that?
Hemp is associate with the death penalty (also lynchings)
hmmm
I had ‘heard’ it had something to do with a broken string.....
Of course “cotton candy” has no cotton, but someone could get triggered by the name and appearance, so ban it!
I was in a Hobby Lobby the other night. There were some offensive cotton decorations. There were some black females in the store, and they were purchasing cotton fabrics for some dresses they were making. I didn’t hear any of them talking about how offensive cotton is. Within a few miles of the store are cotton fields. I am thankful for cotton and all of the things made from it. My ancestors and my husband’s ancestors picked cotton. It was hard work. But they did what they could do at the time to make ends meet.
Ignorance is bliss.
You’re starting to win me over. Please make that girl take those denims off!
Don’t forget to ban the axe
Lunacy. Does she use cotton balls? Does she wear cotton clothing? But seeing a cotton plant is offensive? Hypocrite. Slaves also fed horses hay. Are haystacks offensive as Halloween decoration? Some slaves were forced to chop down wood. Are modern wood carving decorations also offensive? Are trees an evil symbol? Fragile wittle snowflakes.
I live near a cotton field. Should I never look?
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