Posted on 01/21/2021 6:05:35 PM PST by blueplum
They're a cultural trope that have been used to symbolise the proverbial 'see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil'.
But it appears the three wise monkeys have been cancelled after academics at the University of York decided they are an oppressive racial stereotype.
Organisers of a forthcoming art history conference for the university have apologised for using a picture of the monkeys in promotional material and have pulled the image from their website to avoid offence....
...The image was used on a call for submissions page for the online conference Sensorial Fixations: Orality, Aurality , Opticality and Hapticity.
Experts in Japanese culture last night hit out at any suggestion that the monkeys could be insulting.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
There is a pub in Melbourne Australia which has a statue of the 3 monkeys above it’s doorway - I took a picture back in 2008 or so. I don’t think ‘3 monkeys’ is australian for ‘beer’ though.
It is a racist stereotype to make the comparison. So saying it’s racist is racist in an and of itself.
I've always felt that way. It's refreshing to see someone else feels that way.
Academics see blacks as monkeys and apes. Good to know.
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