So...the official name for the 'Mosaic Exhibit' (according to The Dartmouth) is
"The Changing Face of Dartmouth" , modeled after the National Geographic's "
We live in a white society. (see my previous post, just because we're no longer getting lynched does not mean that everything is OK)
2) America is NOT a 'melting pot'.
In American schools, we are taught from a young age that America is the 'Land of Opportunity' and a cultural 'melting pot'.
The term melting pot is not fit to describe America because it implies that there is one homogenous American culture. Well, even the most basic concept of the "foundation" of America (white people don't know how to keep their damned hands to themselves) reveals why this is absolutely not true. America is not a melting pot. America is a salad bowl comprised of many different cultures. This ideology that we will have one homogenous "AMERICAN" race in 2050 completely disregards culture and history.
3) 2050 - 2014 = 36 years.
slavery 'ended' more than 150 years ago...the Civil Rights Act was passed 50 years ago...and my people are still being murdered and criminalized by the american government. stop.
4) Ameliorating White Guilt
this ideology allows white people to not have to address the obvious racial disparities that exist in modern day america, as well as relieving them of past guilt for past actions.
5) Since when can we just make these far reaching claims with absolutely NO scientific backing and then portray them as facts.
seriously. we live in a pretty empiricist, see it to believe it, 'fact-based' society. there is absolutely no research that supports these claims.
6) "National Geographic Determined What Americans Will Look Like in 2050, and It's Beautiful"
"The Changing Face of Dartmouth" , modeled after the National Geographic's "
"The Changing Face of America"
In the 125th anniversary edition of the Nation Geographic, it was (somehow) determined that
Aside from just being really fucking stupid, here are some obvious flaws with this project and the 'logic' behind it:
1) the opening line of the Changing Face of America article is
"We live in a country where race is no longer so black or white."this statement is the basis of the entire photography project. this statement is also false and here is why:
We live in a white society. (see my previous post, just because we're no longer getting lynched does not mean that everything is OK)
2) America is NOT a 'melting pot'.
In American schools, we are taught from a young age that America is the 'Land of Opportunity' and a cultural 'melting pot'.
The term melting pot is not fit to describe America because it implies that there is one homogenous American culture. Well, even the most basic concept of the "foundation" of America (white people don't know how to keep their damned hands to themselves) reveals why this is absolutely not true. America is not a melting pot. America is a salad bowl comprised of many different cultures. This ideology that we will have one homogenous "AMERICAN" race in 2050 completely disregards culture and history.
3) 2050 - 2014 = 36 years.
slavery 'ended' more than 150 years ago...the Civil Rights Act was passed 50 years ago...and my people are still being murdered and criminalized by the american government. stop.
4) Ameliorating White Guilt
this ideology allows white people to not have to address the obvious racial disparities that exist in modern day america, as well as relieving them of past guilt for past actions.
5) Since when can we just make these far reaching claims with absolutely NO scientific backing and then portray them as facts.
seriously. we live in a pretty empiricist, see it to believe it, 'fact-based' society. there is absolutely no research that supports these claims.
6) "National Geographic Determined What Americans Will Look Like in 2050, and It's Beautiful"
"let us applaud these growing rates of intermixing for what they are: An encouraging symbol of a rapidly changing America."do i even need to explain the obvious message that this sends to african americans today.
7) politically correct ethnocide.
ethnocide, as defined by Bartolomé Clavero:
"Just as genocide kill bodies, ethnocide kills only souls and people are spared."
look. i get that the (stated) PURPOSE of this exhibit was to "explore racial, cultural identity", but the application and implications of it have achieved the exact opposite.
stop this tomfoolery.
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