Last week when I was researching Norman Rockwell for the lesson I was giving to Eloise's school class, I came across this painting done in 1964 - titled The Problem We all Live With. It just struck home to me as we listen to Obama talk about the unending issue of race, remember the death of Martin Luther King and revisit some of the frightfully horrific things that people have said and done up here on the mountain. I am always amazed at the lack of empathy, humanity and tolerance that people can have. Are things really that different now than they were then?Wednesday, 2 April 2008
The Problem We all Live With- 1964
Last week when I was researching Norman Rockwell for the lesson I was giving to Eloise's school class, I came across this painting done in 1964 - titled The Problem We all Live With. It just struck home to me as we listen to Obama talk about the unending issue of race, remember the death of Martin Luther King and revisit some of the frightfully horrific things that people have said and done up here on the mountain. I am always amazed at the lack of empathy, humanity and tolerance that people can have. Are things really that different now than they were then?
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I think it depends on where you look. I just finished reading "Uncle Tom's Cabin" for book club. It was really good-and very thought provoking. It made me realize that things are different now, but there are underlying similarities. Laws change, but prejudice will always be present.
There are still too many people out there with "1964 perspective". As generations move forward I think we improve, it's just taking a LONG time.
No, they are not the same. In many respects they are better, but in some not so much. But what really strikes me is that while we have diversity at the workplace, in politics, at school, people nonetheless gravitate to their own kind. If you are ever at a High School during lunch, you will notice this. If you are in a prison, you will notice this.
Then again, there is a possibility that a Black man can become President.
On a side note, I've read the Normal Rockwell was never considered an important artist as his American contemporaries such as Pollock, Rothko, etc. As an artist, what do you think?
julio
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