Post by Aj_June on Dec 16, 2019 21:53:31 GMT
"I've always been painting monkeys for five to six years, so I thought I'd make this work to teach that we're all apes, I made the western monkey with blue and white eyes, the Asian monkey with almond-shaped eyes and the black monkey positioned in the center, where everything comes from. The monkey becomes the spark to teach everyone that there is no difference, there is no man or monkey, we are all alike. If anything we are all monkeys."
I see nothing wrong with the above symbolism that has been used. In a fight against racism or any issue, one has to be open-minded. A few years ago the NBA team called Sacramento Kings were going to distribute t-shirts that had monkey printed on them. A black player called DeMarcus Cousins objected to it (he was a Sacramento player then) and t-shirt distribution was stopped. The actual reason why those t-shirts had monkeys drawn on them was that it was Chinese year of the monkey. But the immidiate reaction of people was to think it was to taunt blacks.
In my parent's house, a huge Swastika is drawn and it will be the first thing you will notice when you are near the house. It is definitely not meant to be anti-semitic. India is the biggest Jew supporting country but Swastika has a different meaning there. We all are related to monkeys. We had a common ancestor. There is nothing wrong with monkey symbolism unless the intent is wrong.
I see nothing wrong with the above symbolism that has been used. In a fight against racism or any issue, one has to be open-minded. A few years ago the NBA team called Sacramento Kings were going to distribute t-shirts that had monkey printed on them. A black player called DeMarcus Cousins objected to it (he was a Sacramento player then) and t-shirt distribution was stopped. The actual reason why those t-shirts had monkeys drawn on them was that it was Chinese year of the monkey. But the immidiate reaction of people was to think it was to taunt blacks.
In my parent's house, a huge Swastika is drawn and it will be the first thing you will notice when you are near the house. It is definitely not meant to be anti-semitic. India is the biggest Jew supporting country but Swastika has a different meaning there. We all are related to monkeys. We had a common ancestor. There is nothing wrong with monkey symbolism unless the intent is wrong.