Whitewashing Art, and History

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Author(s):
Publish Date:
May 21, 2019
Publication Title:
The American Interest
Format:
Op-Ed or Opinion Piece
Citation(s):
  • Richard Thompson Ford, Whitewashing Art, and History, The American Interest, May 21, 2019.

Abstract

Officials in San Francisco have set their sights on destroying a set of 1930s-era murals tackling the legacy of slavery and the Native American genocide. Why? The themes are too upsetting.