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Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
34. I think it could be both...
Wed Feb 27, 2013, 06:26 PM
Feb 2013

Not sure it's worth a lawsuit over though. I do think it would be better for the mural to be in a regular museum though, perhaps the Smithsonian. It is a WPA project that in itself makes it a historical work of art. Some people might look at it and think about how things used to be. I doubt anyone looks at it and thinks see that is how black people are. But, who knows, there are a lot of squirrelly people out there with some strange ways of thinking and looking at things.

Is it Art or is it Discrimination? [View all] The Straight Story Feb 2013 OP
I think anytime you see something offensive to you in a public place you should have the right to el_bryanto Feb 2013 #1
Strongly agree - if it offends even one person, it needs to be destroyed. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #2
And we could have a public meta area to discuss it The Straight Story Feb 2013 #4
For a full week, at least. HappyMe Feb 2013 #8
I hope you're kidding. By this logic there'd be vandalism going on 24/7. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #6
Why not - think of all the employment in the artist community el_bryanto Feb 2013 #12
You are going to need a better sarcasm detector. I suggest one with a finely-tuned irony meter. msanthrope Feb 2013 #13
If an employer or its employees placed pictures of African-Americans as slaves picking cotton and .. GodlessBiker Feb 2013 #3
I agree loyalsister Feb 2013 #11
Do you even realize where these murals (4 of them, over several walls) are? The Sazerac Lounge msanthrope Feb 2013 #16
Since I asked, you can assume that I don't know... loyalsister Feb 2013 #21
Cover art in a bar so that a massage therapist in the hotel spa feels better? No....people's msanthrope Feb 2013 #24
"silliness should not be coddled" loyalsister Feb 2013 #26
As a woman, I'm offended by all representations of Rape of the Sabine Women cali Feb 2013 #15
First of all, being offended isn't sufficient. The "art" or anything else ... GodlessBiker Feb 2013 #23
She's a spa employee. This is art in the Sazerac Lounge. Unless she's giving massages in the bar, msanthrope Feb 2013 #27
She would, as misanthrope points out, have to go out of her way cali Feb 2013 #31
Art is not always meant to please lunatica Feb 2013 #5
"I think future generations have a right to see the past, warts and all." Like Captain Kirk did The Straight Story Feb 2013 #7
He obviously saw the warts! lunatica Feb 2013 #39
"I think future generations have a right to see the past, warts and all." loyalsister Feb 2013 #29
That's why I said it should be moved, but not destroyed. lunatica Feb 2013 #40
The picture could be removed and placed BainsBane Feb 2013 #9
It's not a "picture." It's a 4 panel mural over several walls in the Sazerac Lounge. msanthrope Feb 2013 #14
well, I don't advocate the destruction of art work BainsBane Feb 2013 #17
Ms. Pittman has a bullshit claim. She works in the hotel spa. How she even sees msanthrope Feb 2013 #20
Does it matter that she sees it? Or, is the point ... GodlessBiker Feb 2013 #25
Yes, actually. It would matter. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #28
I'm sure the District Court would be heavily swayed by such an analysis. GodlessBiker Feb 2013 #30
I presume the judge is well aware of the 5th's 4-prong test for a hostile work msanthrope Feb 2013 #35
Tell her she can have the "damages" she wants or have the picture removed Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #10
Its ART! sdfernando Feb 2013 #18
Hasn't this woman ever heard of historic context? Peter cotton Feb 2013 #19
Nope,........... mrmpa Feb 2013 #22
By that same "logic", all copies of any Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn stories RC Feb 2013 #32
Um, no. Workers at a hotel are not being forced to read those stories... Moonwalk Feb 2013 #38
This would seem to be the offensive picture in question.... Moonwalk Feb 2013 #33
I think it could be both... Kalidurga Feb 2013 #34
Let's destroy it, and while we're at it, all other offensive art, books and music. Avalux Feb 2013 #36
Here is what Dee Pittman has to say in defense of removing the mural: Moonwalk Feb 2013 #37
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