Why We Need To Decolonize The Brooklyn Museum | NowThis
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- Опубликовано: 15 май 2018
- They want the art, not the people'-a coalition of 20 community groups in New York are calling for a 'Decolonization Commission' of the Brooklyn Museum after the controversial hiring of a white woman as the curator of African art. Here's how that could work.
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Recently, the Brooklyn Museum controversially hired a white woman, Kristen Windmuller-Luna, as the curator of their African art collection, which led many to point out the diversity problem within the space’s staff.
“In an open letter, we address the hire as just a symptom of a larger structural problem and propose a Decolonization Commission as an opportunity to the curatorial crisis,” explained activist and educator Marz Saffore explained. “The aim of the letter was to redress the ongoing legacies of oppression in which the museum is complicit.”
She went on to state, “To be clear -this call to action was never an attack or campaign against the newly appointed white curator of African art, Kristen Windmuller-Luna. She may very well be a highly qualified candidate, but her hiring highlights several systemic issues latent in the art world itself.
Saffore and the groups who support the Decolonization Commission are wondering how the museum actually supports the community around it if its staff is predominantly white and it’s actively taking over the area.
So, will the museum listen to the groups who are begging for change? Or will they continue to operate in the neighborhood as usual and ignore the loud call for inclusion?
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The irony is painful.
Would you consider the hiring of a black curator for a European art collection to be “controversial” too?
Great to see QTPOC representation in this video!
Last year they return 1305 of Costa Rica pieces they haved.
A black woman using Black Panther as an example never I never saw that one coming.
This is absolute idiocy.
I personally don't like the term decolonize because it has become a shroud. Most organizations need to stop colonizing before they can even talk about decolonization.
Celebrating a fictional country. That’s rich.
She tells you that only 4% of people in that position are black in the US. But doesn’t say only 13% of the people in the us are black. You have to put it all into perspective.
music at the background is irritating
All these artifacts would be much more appreciated in a free open democratic city like new york than a tiny museum in a dangerous nation in Africa where hardly anyone would see them
This video is not very focused. It seems to cover many issues which become entangled with each other.
"Museums are complicit in gentrification"... So museums make neighborhoods nicer and that's a bad thing? What should we do, stop trying to build anything nice in poorer areas?
they missed the part in the scene where he kills everyone...
Can we get an update ?
Killmomgrr asked her to explain the artifacts to her, and somehow she still manages to whitesplain. Shame on her
of course this brings up wakanda
so, suddenly skin colour is important...
You make some good points and I hear your side but you lost me when you’re trying to quote Kilmonger and use Wakanda in your statement.
Who cares as long as she's qualified for the job just saying