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| Prof Says White Marble Artwork Contributes to White Supremacy |
| 2017-08-11 |
| [LegalInsurrection] A University of Iowa professor recently argued that appreciation of "white marble" used in classical artwork contributes to "white supremacist ideas today." Professor Sarah Bond demonstrates in an article published in Hyperallergic that "many of the statues, reliefs, and sarcophagi created in the ancient Western world were in fact painted," meaning the "white marble" often seen in such pieces of art were intended to be colored. Consequently, Bond argues that "the equation of white marble with beauty is not an inherent truth of the universe," and is thus "a dangerous construct that continues to influence white supremacist ideas today." Bond goes on to point out that "most museums and art history textbooks contain a predominantly neon white display of skin tone," which "has an impact on the way we view the antique world." "The assemblage of neon whiteness serves to create a false idea of homogeneity -- everyone was very white! -- across the Mediterranean region," she adds, later stating that misconceptions of the classical era provide "further ammunition for white supremacists today, including groups like Identity Europa, who use classical statuary as a symbol of white male superiority." "It may have taken just one classical statue to influence the false construction of race, but it will take many of us to tear it down," Bond concludes. "We have the power to return color to the ancient world, but it has to start with us." |
| Posted by:746 |
| #11 Fave junkie socialist EVAH. Contains N-word (not saying it's right... but I understand, and it didn't go unpunished, supposedly costing him a Motown deal), cussing, noise. |
| Posted by: Glomoting Grundy7384 2017-08-11 22:03 |
| #10 The original statues in Classical Times were all painted. Being a neutral color just made it easier to paint...D'Oh. |
| Posted by: magpie 2017-08-11 12:56 |
| #9 The fact these people aren't laughed out of the room and still have jobs teaching shows how far our civilization has declined. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-08-11 11:50 |
| #8 White Supremacy? Let's call it what it really is: Western Civilization. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-08-11 11:32 |
| #7 Genius here could have saved herself the trouble. Nassim Taleb has actually done some interesting and telling genetic work on the Classical Mediterranean identity, without this kind of gibberish of course. |
| Posted by: Cesrae 2017-08-11 10:57 |
| #6 By her logic we need to ban bi-focals because they were invented by a white man who owned slaves. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2017-08-11 10:53 |
| #5 From Wikipedia - In L. Frank Baum's novel 'Wizard of Oz', everyone in the Emerald City is made to wear green-tinted eyeglasses. This is explained as an effort to protect their eyes from the "brightness and glory" of the city, but in effect makes everything appear green when it is, in fact, "no more green than any other city". Time for dark 'Black-Tinted Glasses'? We wouldn't see anything clearly, but neither would anyone else. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2017-08-11 10:04 |
| #4 As non-performance continues, they seek more and more spacious excuses for failure. Discriminated Asians aren't being reached for comment. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-08-11 09:33 |
| #3 Black Magic. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-08-11 09:20 |
| #2 Sarah Bond. I wonder how Sarah feels about the "White House," the term "white" bread, white wash, and tightie-whities? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-08-11 08:59 |
| #1 Imagine if all these leftards, inventing all of these things that cause microaggressions, hypermasculinity and the like, actually put their efforts towards constructive uses. Than again, they wouldn't be leftists, then, would they? |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-08-11 00:22 |