tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746185529766786528.post3681525697949219477..comments2023-07-26T07:56:04.689-07:00Comments on Asili the Journal Blogspot: fix the shading on the children's faces (4)Joseph McNairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632541290130918773noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746185529766786528.post-71374329536273087942010-06-17T06:55:58.991-07:002010-06-17T06:55:58.991-07:00Once again racism raises its ugly head. The first...Once again racism raises its ugly head. The first amendment is under fire. Some people refuse to change. They just cannot see the errors of their ways. They have no empathy, therefore, cannot relate – they are tunneled vision and a dramatic rude awakening is necessary to transform their perspectives. Perhaps the shoe should be placed on the other foot. The majority becomes the minority. How can people that look like me, the children the colors of the rainbow feel equal, welcomed and accepted in a society such as this? This puts me in a melancholy mood.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356723823081449045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746185529766786528.post-89403760612134269402010-06-17T06:15:36.008-07:002010-06-17T06:15:36.008-07:00This is truly a sad situation. People wanting the ...This is truly a sad situation. People wanting the artist to change the shade of the child conflicts with so many of our so called freedoms. First it conflicts with the first amendment. The artist should be free to express himself however they want to. It shouldn’t have been a problem if he made the child as black as night or as white as a toilet; it’s their creation and I’m sure they were commissioned for a reason. In also should be free to be ourselves. This event is going to send a very strong message to the children of our nation. It’s already been proven that even small children think it’s better to be light skinned; I can’t begin to imagine how this is going to impact them.AlyssaNicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07547144869525222541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746185529766786528.post-69139221206261377812010-06-17T06:06:46.204-07:002010-06-17T06:06:46.204-07:00“We have come so far.” That is what many people sa...“We have come so far.” That is what many people say but instances such as this proves that we have a long way to go. Racism and prejudice occasionally rears its head and shows the true nature of society. An artist was hired to paint a mural on the school wall that was supposed to depict green transportation but when the boy on the mural was too dark the community needed it to be changed. Racial slurs were thrown out and showed how people really felt. This situation proves that racism, prejudice, and classism is alive in well. I agree that we have come far but we still have a long way to go. If the people who wanted this mural changed look at the real reason they wanted it changed, they would be disgusted with themselves.Plutarch01https://www.blogger.com/profile/07931035825772542924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746185529766786528.post-27908498263195999732010-06-17T05:57:10.013-07:002010-06-17T05:57:10.013-07:00Even before reading this poem I saw this on the ne...Even before reading this poem I saw this on the news and I thought it was just plain crazy. You first ask someone to paint you a painting then after you tell them the boy in the painting is too dark lighten him up. They were of course not talking about his personality but his skin color. In this poem I felt that you hit it on the head it is just plain about racism. We of course do not choose our race just like the boy in the painting he didn't choose to be that shade of color but his creator did so why change him. Till this day there are still forms of racism that it even reared its ugly head in a painting. So we need to change as human being and know that we are just one people.Inahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17338356362209079858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746185529766786528.post-35920806274952678402010-06-17T05:44:30.221-07:002010-06-17T05:44:30.221-07:00i think it is just plain stupidity for someone to ...i think it is just plain stupidity for someone to tell an artist to change the color of the child's face. it is up to the artists preference and the artist is taking into considereation of trying to find an inbetween that would represent children. i agree with Jackie when she says that you cannot change the color of the skin you were born with. what kind of message will this send to the children? that its wrong to be a darker color than some of the other people? they are going to start thinking badly of themselves and others who share the same skin tone as them. it is not fair for them to be treated like that even if its not directly, it is sending the absolute wrong message to them and they will carry on that message to others. its just a vicious cycle to keep racism going instead of trying to help iliminate it.HPilonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837394140041029694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746185529766786528.post-87704280935362229142010-06-17T05:20:31.968-07:002010-06-17T05:20:31.968-07:00This poem depicts the sadness of Racism that goes ...This poem depicts the sadness of Racism that goes on today. <br />People do not realize that the Race that you were born with is not something that you can just randomly change, or even need to change. <br />The acceptance of others Race and ethnics have been problemized for centuries and centuries. <br />We have gotten to a certain point today where people can live somewhat freely, however, it is really never ending. <br />This is something that will most probably always go on. <br />We just have to hope it will lessen and lessen over time.Jacquelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251497228684269577noreply@blogger.com