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minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up98·1 year agoI expected them to cut it out of the wall and sell it to the highest bidder. Would fit the british colonial style.
minus-squareEch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up92·1 year agoThat’s for when it’s “art”. When the message goes against the mandated mission, they call it “vandalism”.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoSeeing african tribes as barbarians didnt stop the british from stealing their art tho.
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 year agoThat’s because it didn’t violate the narrative. And stealing it enforced theirs.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoI guess that does make sense yeah.
minus-squarealcibiades@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe mere existence of African tribes “violates” a colonial, western mindset. It is the scary unknown that they seek to control and classify.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThey’ve always called Banksey Banksy a vandal.
I expected them to cut it out of the wall and sell it to the highest bidder. Would fit the british colonial style.
That’s for when it’s “art”. When the message goes against the mandated mission, they call it “vandalism”.
Seeing african tribes as barbarians didnt stop the british from stealing their art tho.
That’s because it didn’t violate the narrative. And stealing it enforced theirs.
I guess that does make sense yeah.
The mere existence of African tribes “violates” a colonial, western mindset. It is the scary unknown that they seek to control and classify.
They’ve always called
BankseyBanksy a vandal.