Arizona School Demands Black & Latino Students’ Faces On Mural Be Changed To White

[flavio]

I have to wonder if he intended to stir up controversy by picking the Mexican-American as the center of the mural.

I don't see anything controversial about having a hispanic in the center of a painting.

 

[flavio]

Show me one successful hispanic nation. Brazil maybe! But I doubtt that also.

Sound like your claiming some sort of racial superiority. What's the deal?

 

[Pulsar]

A racist is someone who looks at the mural and notices the latino kid on it.

A non-racist is someone who looks at the mural and notices the style, the colors, and the time that went into it.

I wonder how many of the posters here could actually measure themselves against that yardstick. Sure seems like we have more than a handful that couldn't.

It's funny - I've driven by hundreds of wall-paintings in Detroit and the only thing I ever think about is whether they were pretty, or falling into disrepair, or have a neat artistic touch. I'm actually pretty shocked at how many people here are arguing about what color or how many of x or y are on that mural. Talk about not seeing the forest through the trees.

 

[Red Dawn]

I don't see anything controversial about having a hispanic in the center of a painting.

No shit, he's an american, who cares what color he is.

 

[Throckmorton]

No shit, he's an american, who cares what color he is.

Funny how the people who complain about hyphenated ethnicity terms and say "we are all Americans" are the ones who complain that a mural features a Hispanic-American

 

[BoberFett]

Sounds like the school is full of douchebags. Leave it to right wing nutjubs to take what begins as a highly supported effort to eliminate illegal immigrants and turn it into a Klan meeting.

 

[Nemesis 1]

How successful could you possibly be, considering you didn't know that Brazil isn't a Hispanic nation at all?

Well you got me there but than again that explains why Brazil is somewhat successful,

Man you guys kill me. What part about the native americans don't you understand. We are not living their ideal of life . Our ways go against their vary nature . That doesn't mean their ignorant or lazy . It just means their differant. They are a conquered people whos way of life was destroyed. They on their own would never become industrialized. Who is saying thats a bad thing . Fact is they just don't fit in with our way of life . If I were judging I would choose them and their way of life above the white way.

 

[TwinsenTacquito]

Hey me too! *high five*

I haven't seen this though. I've seen some racism against whites for sure. Most of the racism I've witnessed has been against blacks, hispanics, arabs, indians, and asians though.

What city are you in?

Are you light skinned? Go to a public aid office and see how they treat you.

 

[flavio]

Are you light skinned? Go to a public aid office and see how they treat you.

I was at an Unemployment office years ago. They treated me great.

What city are you in?

 

[Sacrilege]

Are you light skinned? Go to a public aid office and see how they treat you.

You've uncovered a colored conspiracy to keep the snow-white pure American Aryans down!!!!

 

[senseamp]

Is there any serious doubt that Arizona's anti-immigrant policy is fueled by racism?

 

[ProfJohn]

I don't see anything controversial about having a hispanic in the center of a painting.

What you see doesn't matter.

What does matter is what the artist's intent was. Did he intend to stir the pot by making the child at the center a Mexican or did that just happen on its own.

The only way to truly know would be to see the original plans for the drawings and see how they compared to the final produce and how they compare to the designs that the students picked out.

 

[ProfJohn]

Is there any serious doubt that Arizona's anti-immigrant policy is fueled by racism?

Maybe it is fueled by a desire to stop the invasion of illegals who do all kinds of damage to the state.

 

[dahunan]

^^^ no no john.. what is beautiful about this

is

the only people that caused an issue about the painting showed the true colors of 92% WASPville

what poetic justice..

 

[Throckmorton]

What you see doesn't matter.

What does matter is what the artist's intent was. Did he intend to stir the pot by making the child at the center a Mexican or did that just happen on its own.

The only way to truly know would be to see the original plans for the drawings and see how they compared to the final produce and how they compare to the designs that the students picked out.

It doesn't matter what the artist's intent was. The big problem that you seem to be ignoring is that a significant number of people, including a councilman, are racist enough to CARE that the kid is hispanic.

IF, and that's a BIG IF, the artist's intent was to ferret out racism, that's exactly what happened. That's something to be ashamed of, not proud.

 

[dahunan]

It was ok for Columbus to rape and pillage but if a beloved patriot wants to feed his family and work for dirt cheap and help the republican small business owners and giant agricultural corporations then all hell breaks loose

You fat pasty white sloths weren't so pissed off when the economy was doing good and you could exploit those brown peoples... lol

 

[palehorse]

Is there any serious doubt that Arizona's anti-immigrant policy is fueled by racism?

Do your parents still make you wear your helmet to bed?

Just curious...

 

[santz]

man......... terrible! this is going too far!

 

[Turin39789]

Gooooooo America!

 

[flavio]

.Did he intend to stir the pot by making the child at the center a Mexican or did that just happen on its own.

How would making the child at the center hispanic be stirring the pot?

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Imagine the uproar if an image of Mohamed were added to the mural.

 

[nobodyknows]

I bet Steve Blair is a Republican.

Edit: Surprise surprise, he IS a Republican. Republican and Racist, two words that are synonymous these days.

Republican=Racist?? LOL@U

 

[piasabird]

Since there is so much controversy, just paint the mural over or make everyone a smurf.

 

[woolfe9999]

The article as written seems... incomplete to say the least. It doesn't really serve a purpose to pick it up in the national arena except to make people bitch and scream about a situation that they don't really know about. Then again that goes for most of the nationally covered stories these days.

This. It's a pervasive problem with the media. The story about the Illinois school not letting their girl's basketball team compete in Arizona is another perfect example. If it has the potential to make people bitch and scream, apparently it's national news.

- wolf

 

[Theb]

He's facing a recall campaign over his city council seat now. He's blaming the school and the artists for not educating him about the mural.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/artic...prescott-councilman-loses-job-over-mural.html

For those of you who like Roger Ebert he has a long writeup
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/06/how_would_i_feel_if.html