Administrators at Indiana University have decided to keep a controversial section of a mural that depicts the Ku Klux Klan after a petition to have it removed garnered over 1,000 signatures.
“This petition requests the removal of the 9th panel to foster a safe and inclusive environment for all students and faculty at Indiana University as these are in fact modern depictions and not just depictions of a historical time in Indiana,” the petition reads.
The section, which is a part of a 22-panel mural painted by 20th-century artist Thomas Hart Benton, depicts members of the Ku Klux Klan and a burning cross. The mural was painted for the 1933 World’s Fair and included images of the Ku Klux Klan to “show all aspects” of the state’s history.
A statement by Indiana University administrators to the College Fix suggests that the institution feels that the mural serves as a historical reference for atrocities committed by citizens of the state. It “serve(s) as a reminder and testimonial to an unsavory and criminal portion of Indiana’s history,” they said in a statement.
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As it should be. This leaves each viewer a choice; it's either offensive and the viewer decides that course of action is not going to be a part of life, or it stirs interest in becoming a person like that.
Which one are you?
It's just a thought painted on a piece of canvas, after all.
Kudos to Indiana University administration for standing up to keep the mural as is, and for providing the statement that explains its rationale. All similar works of art should deserve the same consideration. Erasing references to our history, good and bad, does not create a better society.
It's about time...thank you administrators.
These Democrats, Social Justice Misfits, Antifa and others are pushing buttons with their demands to see how many cave into them and to show how much power they think they have. These are the people who we will be fighting in the upcoming civil war.
I wish Southerners and Republicans had that much integrity and the nads to stand up to these dregs on society.
Just watch and see if Bob Culver and John Cannon caves in to James Yakahomo and his dregs about the John Henry Winder plaque.
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