Why We Need To Decolonize The Brooklyn Museum | NowThis
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2018
- They want the art, not the people'-a coalition of 20 community groups in New York are calling for a 'Decolonization Commission' of the Brooklyn Museum after the controversial hiring of a white woman as the curator of African art. Here's how that could work.
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Recently, the Brooklyn Museum controversially hired a white woman, Kristen Windmuller-Luna, as the curator of their African art collection, which led many to point out the diversity problem within the space’s staff.
“In an open letter, we address the hire as just a symptom of a larger structural problem and propose a Decolonization Commission as an opportunity to the curatorial crisis,” explained activist and educator Marz Saffore explained. “The aim of the letter was to redress the ongoing legacies of oppression in which the museum is complicit.”
She went on to state, “To be clear -this call to action was never an attack or campaign against the newly appointed white curator of African art, Kristen Windmuller-Luna. She may very well be a highly qualified candidate, but her hiring highlights several systemic issues latent in the art world itself.
Saffore and the groups who support the Decolonization Commission are wondering how the museum actually supports the community around it if its staff is predominantly white and it’s actively taking over the area.
So, will the museum listen to the groups who are begging for change? Or will they continue to operate in the neighborhood as usual and ignore the loud call for inclusion?
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The irony is painful.
Would you consider the hiring of a black curator for a European art collection to be “controversial” too?
No.
Me when I’m stupid:
no of course not, but why is it that in a city with majority people of color and an exhibit dedicated to african and african american history, most of the people running it are white? or even non black?
@@ryancruz1876 So black curator of the British Museum good. White curator of African museum bad?
Racist much?
A black woman using Black Panther as an example never I never saw that one coming.
She tells you that only 4% of people in that position are black in the US. But doesn’t say only 13% of the people in the us are black. You have to put it all into perspective.
I don't think she is comparing it to the population, she is comparing it to the number of workers who are white in museums. Therefore 96% are white and 4% are black. That is significant regardless of the fact that there are fewer black people in the USA.
@@JacquelineTrudel 96% aren't white, there are also latinos, jews and east asians which make up a good portion of Brooklyn. Also take into consideration, there aren't that many black people out there doing this kind of work, it's mostly white or jewish women who choose this career path.
Last year they return 1305 of Costa Rica pieces they haved.
music at the background is irritating
Celebrating a fictional country. That’s rich.
Can we get an update ?
"Museums are complicit in gentrification"... So museums make neighborhoods nicer and that's a bad thing? What should we do, stop trying to build anything nice in poorer areas?
No, we should start asking why poor areas are poor to begin with
@@supersovak Low wages and high cost of living. Museums being some ridiculous notion of "colonialist" have nothing to do with it.
@@supersovak Because they work low wage jobs and live in an expensive city. There's no big mystery surrounding this, stop acting like low income people are unsuccessful or miserable.
This video is not very focused. It seems to cover many issues which become entangled with each other.
The use of a quote from a superhero film is very superficial and doesn't really cover the complexity of museums holding and displaying artefacts from around the world. It's certainly an important issue to find out where objects came from and how they were acquired, but you can't just call for them to be repatriated without any of this knowledge.
It is true that there are very questionable objects being held by museums throughout the world, it is also an issue which is being looked into by these institutions.
The demonstration against a white woman getting the job for head of African art is an odd one as we were not party to the selection process or even who the candidates were. The video then seems to back pedal slightly, conceding that she might be the best for the job. The problem of racial (and any other type of) equality in hiring processes is an ongoing issue in all forms of employment.
Then there's the gentrification issue, which is also important but is very different to the first two. Again, another important point, one that sounds like a very important issue but there's no more information about what is happening around Brooklyn Museum.
Finally the building is situated on indigenous ground...but aren't all buildings in the US technically sitting on indigenous ground? What is the course of action for this? Would Decolonize be happy with an information board?
Great to see QTPOC representation in this video!
This is absolute idiocy.
All these artifacts would be much more appreciated in a free open democratic city like new york than a tiny museum in a dangerous nation in Africa where hardly anyone would see them
Stupid view. Africans would definitely appreciate such a museum.. They all need education, like in America First..
@@jdemeulenaer123 That takes time.Right now, african museums could face 100 different perils.
@@jdemeulenaer123 Not a stupid view. Westerners found these artifacts, and now they're in western museums. Makes perfect sense. Stop making up problems
You make some good points and I hear your side but you lost me when you’re trying to quote Kilmonger and use Wakanda in your statement.
Killmomgrr asked her to explain the artifacts to her, and somehow she still manages to whitesplain. Shame on her
And I'm just making a stupid joke about it...? Thanks for helping put things into perspective though. I think I might go outside for the first time in 3 years. Thanks!
I personally don't like the term decolonize because it has become a shroud. Most organizations need to stop colonizing before they can even talk about decolonization.
so, suddenly skin colour is important...
Suddenly?
Who cares as long as she's qualified for the job just saying
Lots of people care.
@@ryancruz1876 Because they’re racist.
thanks for making this
they missed the part in the scene where he kills everyone...
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No reparations, this is the most idiotic campaign i've ever heard of.
of course this brings up wakanda
We should be taking back all our artifacts they stole
Like what?
We also need a movement for decolonisation of the British museums.
I'm feeling y'all ...great stuff
I'm disappointed in humanity when reading the comment section...
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SMH...the comments on this are exactly why the struggle for a non-settler/colonial base education is real.
Lulz
Nah. I don't want to hear the boring history of tribalism and savagery.
Museum gentrification is displacing people? The cost to enter Brooklyn museum must cost a small fortune. Who are the people of colour ? how is that defined? Maybe get rid off all artefacts that may be sensitive to some people, it would leave plenty left if any museum to look at.
Please. Get. A. Real. Job. And. Spend. Your. Free. Time. Gardening.
The hypocrisy of today’s social justice is pathetic. The SJ left has Liberia, Jussie smollett and Jay Z to look forward to.
I like turtles
Why we need sjws to get on a spaceship and leave the planet
Here's a tip: if you don't have anything useful to say, don't say anything at all :)
Just send them to the Sun.
@@MegaBlackn here's a tip: no one asked you to talk
@@MegaBlackn Then why do you even exist, leftists?
Great video, very informative.
I could not agree with you more. She is very white agreed but I dont think you are black enough. The only reasonable way to work this out is to see a bunch of photos of black people and just pic the blackest. And remember no justice no peace until they free our sister Tawana Brawley sister soldier . P.S. loved the complete shutdown of that Caucasian with a reference to a comic book . Nice,if you feel its factual.
Whatever
😂😂😂😂😂
Lololol
Simply disgusting, and where would they safely display such artifacts? Exactly, they cant.
Who’s “they”?
I think i got cancer... Not sure why
Huh?
reparations..again bro, cmn man!
Moronic 😂
Wow this sure is embarrassing.
Why?
@@ryancruz1876 Besides the whole, “Wakanda” thing, she thinks everything in that museum was stolen or otherwise appropriated from their countries of origin. It could never occur to her that such artifacts could be on loan from other museums, or purchased by the museum.
Then there’s her racism toward someone who isn’t black curating an African museum.
Appalingly bad.
gross...
First, take all those chunks of metal out of your face, and then take some good courses in African history. Most of the wood objects which came from Africa, whether acquired by early explorers, colonists or your own African brothers, from the 1950's on, going from village to village, buying up old carvings, heedless of the cultural significance, and caring little about the specific meanings, the dances involved with the objects, or the history of the objects, and then selling them to Western collectors. And lucky we are to have these objects in Western collections, as they would have rotted away in Africa in most cases, or been destroyed in local wars. (There are exceptions when it comes to copper alloy objects, such as the Benin plaques....objects which should rightly be returned to Nigeria to be housed properly, and ancient excavated objects of great cultural value found in many parts of West Africa). Certainly your talk of reparations is laughable, and really, African Americans should carefully consider their misguided delusion about slavery reparations. You should be thankful that you are living in a society which provides amble opportunity to everyone. The fact that your ancestors were brought to the New World as slaves is despicable, but it provided a great opportunity for their descendants. Maybe you would prefer a small village in the DRC where there is no potable water and most people have malaria, and there is no hospital within 100 miles? Think!! Don't allow yourselves to be brainwashed by "activists" or black supremacy groups. You will be forever
stuck in resentment. Improve your lives. I mentor two black men here in the SE US, and they are grateful to have an old white man to guide them and take an interest in their future. Go out and learn as much as you can, and don't waste your time by being hateful.
This is the most ignorant comment I have ever come across in my life. Wow! A grown person wrote this nonsense in this internet age? Wow!
@@stephendavid568 Instead of providing arguments, you shame the comment. How telling.