Posted on Oct 14, 2022
When murals depict traumatic history, schools must decide what stays on the wall
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A mural in George Washington High School in San Francisco has been the subject of a bitter dispute.
It includes the life-size image of a dead Native American, as well as a scene of George Washington and the people he enslaved. The city's Board of Education voted to paint over the mural and later decided to cover it up. After three members of the board were recalled in an acrimonious election, the body rescinded the directive. It's all chronicled in Town Destroyer, a new documentary streaming through October 16.
A mural in George Washington High School in San Francisco has been the subject of a bitter dispute.
It includes the life-size image of a dead Native American, as well as a scene of George Washington and the people he enslaved. The city's Board of Education voted to paint over the mural and later decided to cover it up. After three members of the board were recalled in an acrimonious election, the body rescinded the directive. It's all chronicled in Town Destroyer, a new documentary streaming through October 16.
When murals depict traumatic history, schools must decide what stays on the wall
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Art
American History
Racism
Native Americans
Schools
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."These were artists who were critiquing American history as it was being taught in textbooks," Khalid said. "Nothing is more subversive than that. And the fact that there is this movement to completely obliterate context, to not pay attention to the artist, to the moment it was produced in, is tragic for me. And as a historian, it pains me."...
..."These were artists who were critiquing American history as it was being taught in textbooks," Khalid said. "Nothing is more subversive than that. And the fact that there is this movement to completely obliterate context, to not pay attention to the artist, to the moment it was produced in, is tragic for me. And as a historian, it pains me."...
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