Children's author Mary Engelbreit getting hate mail for anti-racist art

[Generic Other]

https://www.facebook.com/maryengelbreit



The racist fans of this illustrator's lovely work are so sad she dares to condemn their form of ugliness in her world. She who has always embodied sentimental old fashioned virtues and real family values to them. And they now hate her. I hope their heads explode from their own confusion.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ariannarebolini/illustrator-is-getting-hate-for-her-anti-racist-art?utm_term=.th2apkYPz7#.vkd6ZmrqRB

[ShrimpPoboy]

1. Haters gonna hate

Although as hate mail goes, that's some pretty mild stuff.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Maybe that's the most disturbing part of it...

That who we would normally think of as "decent folks" get turned off by these relatively mild pictures.

[Generic Other]

8. Clicking of tongues, gnashing of teeth and sackcloth

[pamela]

15. Ha! That pic needs to become a meme!

I've been thinking of different captions.

[Generic Other]

20. Great idea!

[uhnope]

12. Much ado about FB trolls. This kind of headlines suck nt

[Stellar]

2. That is so sad...

and those people don't even see themselves in her illustrations that she posted. I guess if no one says anything people won't notice that there are black people in her creations.

[Spazito]

11. They may not consciously see themselves in her illustrations but their reactions to it...

says to me there is a subconscious recognition hence the ugly rejection of what her illustrations mean.

[niyad]

4. talk about clueless people. proud of mary engelbreit, so not surprised about the ignorant,

racist screaming about her art.

[List left]

5. I hope their ignorant world view explodes not their heads. nt

[Generic Other]

7. Less messy all around!

[ladyVet]

6. That's just sad.

I own a couple of things of hers, and bought her magazine for years, because of the wonderful art and other things. She had articles about designers, lots of decorating ideas and other things in addition to her own work. She always had PoC in her art (at least, as far as I remember).

Good on her for speaking out. Funny how little it takes for people's true colors to shine, isn't it?

[progressoid]

9. I just checked and aside from a few knuckle-draggers, she's getting a lot of love now.

41,231 people like this.

[brer cat]

10. I guess the second illustration

went over their heads.

[Fred Sanders]

13. The second one is BLM, not remaining silent so some folks can stay comfortable.

The first one answers "why now"?

[sarge43]

14. Great line from The West Wing

"If they're shooting at you, you're doing something right."

[hughee99]

16. The FB screen capture has the politest "hate mail" I can ever recall seeing.

Is "Wow... how disappointing", "Shame on you" and "I however do dislike the representations of this picture" really "hate mail"?

[Generic Other]

22. I thought the Buzzfeed headline was a bit sensational

But when ME gets criticism by her fans for being too political, it is sensational. And certainly caught my attention. That list of artists rightwingers hate grows daily.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. For some people, any mention of race is racist. They want the status quo almost all of them.

Even though race is an obsolete concept (scientifically and sociologically), it still has power in life in the US these days.

Some people think that any mention of race is divisive. They tend to be almost all white and wanting to keep the status quo if not move things back to some rose-colored reminiscence of the Fifties.

[Beartracks]

18. A fan of her art isn't racist just because they don't like...

... her activist pieces as much as her usual work.

They may just be the kind of people who are perhaps made "uncomfortable" by it.

Generally speaking, Fans of any artist Are often the most finicky people, And they are not required To like Or appreciate everything an artist does -- Especially if there is A big change in mood, message, or style.



P.S. Sorry about the inconsistent caps. My voice to text is being weird.

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[TuxedoKat]

19. Mary Engelbreit is from St. Louis

and think she may still live there too. I'm glad she is speaking up about this through her work.

[flygal]

21. I love her response:

"This is my way of participating in those peaceful protests. If you'd like to leave this page and throw out all your ME items, be my guest. Just don't throw them AT people--- that would not be peaceful."

[Generic Other]

23. Good for her!

When even the nice friendly artists start getting mad...