Posted on 07/05/2019 1:21:37 PM PDT by Syncro
San Francisco will spend up to $600,000 to paint over historical artwork at a public school depicting the life of George Washington, a mural once seen as educational and innovative but now criticized as racist and degrading for its depiction of black and Native American people.
The Life of Washington was painted by Victor Arnautoff, one of the foremost muralists in the San Francisco area during the Depression. The San Francisco School Boards decision to paint over the 83-year-old mural is prompting some to worry that other artwork from the so-called New Deal era could face a similar fate because of changing sensitivities.
In addition to depicting Washington as a soldier, surveyor and statesman, the 13-panel, 1,600-sqaure foot mural at George Washington High School contains images of white pioneers standing over the body of a Native American and slaves working at Washingtons Mount Vernon estate in Virginia.
The boards decision last week comes at a time when the legacies of Washington and other historical figures who owned slaves are being re-examined. Some cities have changed the names of streets and buildings named after slave owners.
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We on the left ought to welcome the honest portrayal, Walker said, adding that destroying a piece of art is the worst way we can deal with historic malfeasance, historic evils.
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Lope Yap, Jr., vice president of the Washington High School Alumni Association and a 1970 graduates, disagreed, saying when he was a student and saw the mural he was awed by the subtle ways Arnautoff was able to critique American history. He said the depictions are treasures, priceless art and painting it over is tantamount to pretending the history depicted never happened.
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It is sad. I could paint over it with two gallons of paint not spending over half a million.
Good points
The painter did want to show the USA in a bad light imo
It is historic and as I said earlier it should be removed with the wall behind it and put in a museum
But not Robert Byrd buildings and streets named after the former KKK leader.
Yeah, that does sound like a lot of dough for the job. Maybe they could just glob some of their street poop all over it. That would cover it up....
You need to use special government approved anti-racism sealant primer - extremely expensive, since no white people are involved in the development, manufacture or distribution.
You want them all to die????
...and when they started demonizing the South and its leaders and symbols starting in the 1990s.
It started long before the 1990s...
Some of my family hailed from the South - so I was always keenly aware of the negative stereotypes on TV and in the movies. In the westerns, the bad guys that got hanged were always southerners and the good guys that were the sheriff or who made up the posses were always northerners. In the sitcoms Southerners have always been depicted as corrupt and/or stupid.
I see a lot of anti southern bias here on FR as well.
Here’s the challenge:
Hey, leftists, spend that $600,000 to fight global climate change!!
You can’t say no or your fight is over forever.
Funny. That's the exact thing said about blackmailers being paid off by victims. Because it is true.
So true about Haley, but Trump vouches for her.
Ourselves, and also poor voter choices
Paint, supplies, and labor should easily be under $10,000. The other $590,000 should be considered graft and corruption.
That would be ALL of West Virginia, Engedi.
Bit by bit this coming, background check by background check.”Sensible gun law” by “sensible gun law.”
The Taliban will do it for free.
I CANT WAIT UNTIL THEY GET THE BIG ONE, there is promise in the past few days.
Seriously?
So on another thread, someone said Freepers don’t wish ill of anyone due to natural disaster. Your explicit post is proof that they were wrong. Some Freepers actually do.
Tiresome and insensitive that you are gleefully waiting for the big one. How is this different from the intolerance of the radical left??
Can’t wait?
Gee, hope you find a new forum from which to post as FR is in California too. Hope you have no need of tech because servers will be affected. No IRA or 401K with stocks—market will crash. Fresh produce? Well, not from California.
Totally thoughtless comment...And yes, I have CONSERVATIVE family and friends in the San Fran area.
Wonder how you would feel if I wished a flood, tornado, fire, or earthquake on your neighborhood. But then you don’t say where you are from.
Fine, be pissed at the politics, but remember, there are good people (EVEN FREEPERS) living in California and other Blue states. They live there for a variety of reasons. Don’t wish them destruction.
What else is sad is how much good the $600,000 could do to help people in need, fix things, etc. What a waste!
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