Lets do some analysis here on Generalizations and Stereotypes.
The theme: "Where are the limits that art can be taken to before it becomes offensive?"
[WARNING: Some descriptions might be a bit crude and abrasive, so proceed at your own risk.]
Situation 1:
All Africans = Misogynist barbaric brutes : Because they love to cut up women through female circumcision.
Thus ---> The Western World has to educate these mindless Africans on their malpractice through creating a mockery cake of a naked African woman undergoing the cut, orchestrated by other women, with some lunatic moaning behind there, and everyone laughing. Afterall it's predominantly Africans who do this and they need to be educated.
Record the spectacle and put it on the internet/ on TV
Conclusion = This is Art! Very nice, very clear message that the procedure (Female Circumcision) is not good. Totally communicates the right idea and is praiseworthy! Let's applaud the art. Those who don't understand and complain about it - screw them, they are not enlightened.
Situation 2:
All White Westerners = Paedophiles and perverted old men who adore and engage in child pornography : Because they like to travel to exotic places and have sex with children, film it and put it on the internet.
Thus ---> The Rest of the World has to educate these mindless White Westerners on their malpractice through creating a mockery cake of a naked (white, latino, asian, african) underage girl going through the motions as a white man (preferably old) sticks a "penis-shaped" knife down a specific well coordinated location between the legs. Let's also have a little moaning and groaning with a live face there of the artist HIMSELF and some other old white men laughing. Afterall it's predominantly white men who do this, and they need to be educated.
Record the spectacle and put it on the internet/ on TV
Conclusion = This is Art! Very nice, very clear message that the procedure (Child sex exploitation) is not good. Totally communicates the right idea and is praiseworthy! Let's applaud the art. Those who don't understand and complain about it - screw them, they are not enlightened. (I'm sure the likes of Hugh Hefner agree here ... after all there's money in it)
Situation 3:
All White Westerners = Misogynistic brutish men and slutty women : Because they practice in BDSM (look it up on Wikipedia)
Thus ---> The Rest of the World has to educate these mindless White Westerners on their malpractice through creating a mockery cake of a naked white woman in black leather straps chained up, rings and hooks in all the strangest places, etc. Let's have some masculine guy in leather whip the cake a bit (just playing) and then stick a "penis-shaped" knife down a specific well coordinated location between the legs ... then anywhere else at random. Let's have a little moaning and groaning also from the artist HIMSELF and some other white men laughing around and taking turns in cutting the cake. Afterall it's predominantly white men and women who practice this, and they need to be educated.
Record the spectacle and put it on the internet/ on TV.
Conclusion = This is Art! Very nice, very clear message that the procedure (BDSM) is not good. Totally communicates the right idea and is praiseworthy! Let's applaud the art. Those who don't understand and complain about it - screw them, they are not enlightened. (I'm sure the likes of Hugh Hefner agree here ... after all there's money in it)
MY PARTING STATEMENT(S):
Do you accept this? How far have we taken the liberal nature of free speech to express ourselves in such crude manners, proclaiming that it is art? Does the poetic license of art - to offend any Tom Dick and Mary at will - have any limits?
Wake up everyone ... Western World, Africa, Middle East, Asia ...everyone! This is all offensive. This not art. Art is beautiful. Know that! We've lost the sense of Art, because people want to make quick money, by being provocative because then they get publicity through which money follows. Artists have bills to pay also, but there is an ethical way of conducting ones business.
A few fleeting questions:
Next time, watch your tongue when you lash out that stereotype, or that abrasive remark, as a joke. You might think it's funny, but not everyone thinks the same as you. Learn to appreciate the differences by embracing them and understanding them. There are many who have already embraced otherness.
The theme: "Where are the limits that art can be taken to before it becomes offensive?"
[WARNING: Some descriptions might be a bit crude and abrasive, so proceed at your own risk.]
Situation 1:
All Africans = Misogynist barbaric brutes : Because they love to cut up women through female circumcision.
Thus ---> The Western World has to educate these mindless Africans on their malpractice through creating a mockery cake of a naked African woman undergoing the cut, orchestrated by other women, with some lunatic moaning behind there, and everyone laughing. Afterall it's predominantly Africans who do this and they need to be educated.
Record the spectacle and put it on the internet/ on TV
Conclusion = This is Art! Very nice, very clear message that the procedure (Female Circumcision) is not good. Totally communicates the right idea and is praiseworthy! Let's applaud the art. Those who don't understand and complain about it - screw them, they are not enlightened.
Situation 2:
All White Westerners = Paedophiles and perverted old men who adore and engage in child pornography : Because they like to travel to exotic places and have sex with children, film it and put it on the internet.
Thus ---> The Rest of the World has to educate these mindless White Westerners on their malpractice through creating a mockery cake of a naked (white, latino, asian, african) underage girl going through the motions as a white man (preferably old) sticks a "penis-shaped" knife down a specific well coordinated location between the legs. Let's also have a little moaning and groaning with a live face there of the artist HIMSELF and some other old white men laughing. Afterall it's predominantly white men who do this, and they need to be educated.
Record the spectacle and put it on the internet/ on TV
Conclusion = This is Art! Very nice, very clear message that the procedure (Child sex exploitation) is not good. Totally communicates the right idea and is praiseworthy! Let's applaud the art. Those who don't understand and complain about it - screw them, they are not enlightened. (I'm sure the likes of Hugh Hefner agree here ... after all there's money in it)
Situation 3:
All White Westerners = Misogynistic brutish men and slutty women : Because they practice in BDSM (look it up on Wikipedia)
Thus ---> The Rest of the World has to educate these mindless White Westerners on their malpractice through creating a mockery cake of a naked white woman in black leather straps chained up, rings and hooks in all the strangest places, etc. Let's have some masculine guy in leather whip the cake a bit (just playing) and then stick a "penis-shaped" knife down a specific well coordinated location between the legs ... then anywhere else at random. Let's have a little moaning and groaning also from the artist HIMSELF and some other white men laughing around and taking turns in cutting the cake. Afterall it's predominantly white men and women who practice this, and they need to be educated.
Record the spectacle and put it on the internet/ on TV.
Conclusion = This is Art! Very nice, very clear message that the procedure (BDSM) is not good. Totally communicates the right idea and is praiseworthy! Let's applaud the art. Those who don't understand and complain about it - screw them, they are not enlightened. (I'm sure the likes of Hugh Hefner agree here ... after all there's money in it)
MY PARTING STATEMENT(S):
Do you accept this? How far have we taken the liberal nature of free speech to express ourselves in such crude manners, proclaiming that it is art? Does the poetic license of art - to offend any Tom Dick and Mary at will - have any limits?
Wake up everyone ... Western World, Africa, Middle East, Asia ...everyone! This is all offensive. This not art. Art is beautiful. Know that! We've lost the sense of Art, because people want to make quick money, by being provocative because then they get publicity through which money follows. Artists have bills to pay also, but there is an ethical way of conducting ones business.
A few fleeting questions:
- Are any of those stereotypic statements (up top) in any of the above situations, racist in any way?
- Do you feel any racist overtones in the way these artistic situations have been expressed?
- Can you communicate other stereotypes without being offensive? E.g. Arabs being terrorists, Jews being lesser people, Americans being plain stupid, Catholic priests being paedophiles, Mexicans being immigrants, Africans being lazy...etc
Next time, watch your tongue when you lash out that stereotype, or that abrasive remark, as a joke. You might think it's funny, but not everyone thinks the same as you. Learn to appreciate the differences by embracing them and understanding them. There are many who have already embraced otherness.
