Students of color at a high school, a law school and two universities have objected to the way historical murals have portrayed Native Americans and African Americans.
Dewey Crumpler traveled to Mexico to study other muralists before painting a response to the mural at George Washington High School.Dewey Crumpler traveled to Mexico to study other muralists before painting a response to the mural at George Washington High School.Crumpler said artist Victor Arnautoff was critiquing American history in his 1936 artwork.
When Crumpler was in high school he thought the Arnautoff mural should be removed. But before accepting the commission to paint the response mural, he insisted that neither his nor Arnautoff's mural be destroyed. . Over the years some law students and faculty charge that the artist's naïve folk-art style portrays African-Americans as racist caricatures. Jameson Davis, one of the law students who objected to the mural, declined repeated requests from NPR for an interview.
"Forcing us to display artwork, which courts have interpreted as speech, that is against our values, violates the First Amendment in that it compels speech," said McCormack."Even though speech is protected under the First Amendment, it also protects our right not to give a message that is inconsistent with our values."
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