• ngwoo@lemmy.world
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      13 小时前

      The painting is Friend or Foe by Robert Griffing. While he’s not native american, I can’t find anything to suggest his paintings were not made with a consideration for real history and an appreciation of the culture he’s depicting. His paintings are featured in many native american-run museums.

    • Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.works
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      21 小时前

      The image is a European idealism of native Americans

      Okay I can almost understand that

      it is talking about all of Japan as if everyone there were the same.

      My fucking god are we to just completely ignore the fact that we are from different places and that we think, act differently based on culture? That we look different and eat different and say different?

    • bigboig@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      21 小时前

      What’s the European idealism of Native Americans in the image? I’ve seen it a lot, but I never learned about the piece or the artist