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Title: Obama Approves of 'Ruby Bridges' at White House
Category: Uncle Sam
Posted By: raydan
Date: 2011-09-05 07:31:09

[raydan]

"The problem we all live with", by Norman Rockwell. I think we all remember having seen this painting in our past. Hell, some of us even remember when this went down.

[martin14]

Nothing like stoking the fires...

[Gunnair]

martin14 wrote:

Nothing like stoking the fires...

How so?

[martin14]

Let's say the painting doesn't promote racial harmony... rather the opposite.

A preview of the future, perhaps.

[Gunnair]

martin14 wrote:

Let's say the painting doesn't promote racial harmony... rather the opposite.

A preview of the future, perhaps.

Possibly. Or an acknowledgment of the past.

[raydan]

I was only 7 when this happened but I remember it pretty well, even understanding at the time that it was something important.

Notice the "N" word on the wall, the KKK and the tomato. What you don't see are the nice white mothers yelling racial slurs at that little girl... and the faces of the Marchals.

[raydan]

martin14 wrote:

Let's say the painting doesn't promote racial harmony... rather the opposite.

A preview of the future, perhaps.

I see it as showing us that the world, and us, can change for the better.

Are you going to hide the past because it doesn't reflect the present?
Might as well tear down all those war memorials then.

[andyt]

I think it makes a great statement how far the US has come - A black pres hanging this pic. And of course, as the Tea party shows, how far there still is to go.

[Freakinoldguy]

Yup.

The extreme right in the states has the Tea Party and the extreme left in Canada has mapleleafer1985.

[Macguyver]

martin14 wrote:

Let's say the painting doesn't promote racial harmony... rather the opposite.

A preview of the future, perhaps.

Read the article dude. The painting captures a real moment in US history.

[bootlegga]

raydan wrote:

martin14 wrote:

Let's say the painting doesn't promote racial harmony... rather the opposite.

A preview of the future, perhaps.

I see it as showing us that the world, and us, can change for the better.

Are you going to hide the past because it doesn't reflect the present?
Might as well tear down all those war memorials then.

Exactly what I was thinking Raydan - with Martin's POV I guess Obama should remove all references in the White House to 9/11, Pearl Harbor, the Civil War, etc as well.

[DanSC]

It's quite an important painting. I just wish it was at the Smithsonian's National Art Gallery and not in the private sections of the White House.

[andyt]

And here I always thought of Norman Rockwell as a defender of white privilege.

[raydan]

andyt wrote:

And here I always thought of Norman Rockwell as a defender of white privilege.

Maybe this may explain a bit...
http://kenlairdstudios.hubpages.com/hub ... s-painting

Quote:

The African-American, for the first time in Rockwells career, did not take a back seat in order to keep advertisers in a magazine. Norman Rockwell was released from the unwritten law that no blacks should be shown unless in subservient roles and the chains of artistic freedom where taken off in this piece.