A Frederick Douglass mural in his hometown in Maryland draws some divisions

FlyingSquid , 6 months ago

Haines and Marks, the couple behind the mural, are both white – as is the artist who made the piece.

Of course they all are. Who else knows what’s better for the black community and how to depict that community’s heroes than white people?

dan1101 , 6 months ago

Yes seems like another case of Democrats forcefully “helping” black people to make themselves feel better.

FlyingSquid , 6 months ago

What on Earth does this have to do with partisan politics?

RainfallSonata , 6 months ago

“And I said, you know, these are the same young Black boys we’re trying to get to pull up their pants. We don’t need them aspiring to something like that.”

You’re trying to get them to pull up their pants, but they shouldn’t aspire to wearing a suit, either?

“It was a lot of work trying to get Frederick Douglass recognized in his own home,”

That was his birthplace. Rochester, NY was his home.

FlyingSquid , 6 months ago

In fact, it’s pretty fucking offensive to call the place where he was a captive slave “his own home.”