University of Manitoba ‘Decolonizes’ Art Collection Due to ‘Problematic’ Paintings and Sculptures
“depicts Indigenous folks in not really an accurate way”
These are the same people who will falsely accuse conservatives of banning books.
The College Fix reports:
University ‘decolonizes’ art collection due to ‘problematic’ paintings, sculptures
What does an institution of higher learning do when it has a “problematic” collection of paintings and sculptures?
Answer: It “decolonizes” them. In other words, it replaces “white settler” works with those by Indigenous/Native/First Americans.
The University of Manitoba currently is engaged in such a decolonization effort, as much of its art collection “depicts Indigenous folks in not really an accurate way” and “glorifies […] white settlers,” according to a CBC report.
For example, a painting by Lionel Stephenson depicts a (white settler) fort on one side of a river, while on the other sits a Native American in front of his teepee.
According to UM junior Jory Thomas, the painting “kind of” shows a “‘We’re over here and they’re over there’ type situation” … there’s no sense of “community and togetherness.”
UM Art Collection Preparator C.W. Brooks-Ip added that the piece depicts “the threat of direct colonization.”
Thomas (pictured) also has an issue with a sculpture by Thomas Holland which depicts a Native on a horse spearing a buffalo. Although the work is “historically accurate,” it “wasn’t created from an Indigenous perspective of cultural understanding, respect and gratitude for the animal’s sacrifice,” she said.
Thomas claimed the sculpture’s “violent” imagery “perpetuate[s] harmful stereotypes” of Native Americans, and this can lead to a “hostile environment” on campus.
Both Stephenson’s and Holland’s works have been removed from UM.
A $30,000 grant from UM’s Office of the Vice-President (Indigenous) will enable those involved with the Indigenous Student Led Indigenous Art Purchase Program (like Thomas) to visit various artists and studios from which students can recommend new (Indigenous) works for the university’s art collection.
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DECOLONIZE the sciences !
AfroChemistry: the science of Black Life Matter.
Because math is racist.
Much of higher education these days is a total racket. Extracting billions in worthless student loans for useless degrees. DEI administrative inflation bloat perpetuating the status quo of the ‘curriculum.’ Then taxpayers foot the bill for the Marxist takeover of their country and children’s future.
Decolonize? How about ‘decollegize.’ STOP THE MADNESS
keep paying your tax money to the lefty
they will continue to maintain the power
Two takes on the following paragraph:
“Thomas (pictured) also has an issue with a sculpture by Thomas Holland which depicts a Native on a horse spearing a buffalo. Although the work is “historically accurate,” it “wasn’t created from an Indigenous perspective of cultural understanding, respect and gratitude for the animal’s sacrifice,””
#1 – That sculpture is purely colonial because it is an image of an indigenous “Native” utilizing the mode of transportation imposed on them by colonizers.
(Horses were brought to North America by European colonizers).
#2 – The use of horses for transportation and hunting is an act of cultural appropriation.
I’m trying to keep up with how I am supposed to interpret the world through the eyes of oppressed people. How am I doing?
That drivel sounds almost as bad as Biden or Kamala giving a stump speech.
Hmmm. Perhaps I could help decolonize the UM’s art collection at no cost to the UM by taking them off their hands. It would be a shame for the UM to expend the effort to store or destroy these “worthless” art objects.
“For example, a painting by Lionel Stephenson depicts a (white settler) fort on one side of a river, while on the other sits a Native American in front of his teepee. According to UM junior Jory Thomas, the painting “kind of” shows a “‘We’re over here and they’re over there’ type situation” … there’s no sense of “community and togetherness.”
Does this idiot toddler have any idea what “forts” were?
mayor petes racist highways
It takes an awfully lot of education to be this stupid. Total subverting of reality.