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In reply to the discussion: Mary Engelbreit is selling a print with all proceeds [View all]Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)34. I love ME's stuff, but I'm sure a lot of her fans are people who would imagine her work somehow
Last edited Sun Aug 24, 2014, 09:28 PM - Edit history (1)
validates their RW views and would be shocked to find her supporting Mike Brown.
Reminds me of when Norman Rockwell painted, The Problem We All Face:
The Problem We All Live With done by Norman Perceval Rockwell is arguably the single most important image ever done of an African-American in illustration history. This piece is the most requested work at the Norman Rockwell museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. What makes this piece so monumental? Why is this piece so popular and even controversial? First and foremost, it was done by Rockwell, the pitchman for conservative imagery for almost fifty years.
A painting like this depicting this subject matter, done by somebody who is embraced by the most conservative elements in our country would make these people stop and think that maybe there is a problem. And the problem is racism. Purely and simply.-Murray Tinkelman, Chairman of the Hall of Fame Committee, Society of Illustrators.
http://kenlairdstudios.hubpages.com/hub/The-Problem-We-All-Live-With---Norman-Rockwell-the-truth-about-his-famous-painting.
A painting like this depicting this subject matter, done by somebody who is embraced by the most conservative elements in our country would make these people stop and think that maybe there is a problem. And the problem is racism. Purely and simply.-Murray Tinkelman, Chairman of the Hall of Fame Committee, Society of Illustrators.
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WTH FB?!!! I was thinking of putting it on my FB page.. so they would take it down from mine, too?
Cha
Aug 2014
#14
Oh that's what happened! I was telling my sister in NY about it.. that somehow the poster
Cha
Aug 2014
#27
And, the "appeal" evidently won out! I'm off to share it on my page.. mahalo, justiceischeap.
Cha
Aug 2014
#28
I love ME's stuff, but I'm sure a lot of her fans are people who would imagine her work somehow
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#34
When looking for that pic, I came across another story about that painting.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#45
I wonder if they would take it down if we all put it on our own sites? A little DU protesting!
jwirr
Aug 2014
#17
Aloha, jwirr.. I shared it on my page. Evidently, FB changed their minds and it's shared all
Cha
Aug 2014
#43