Racism is a theme portrayed in my project through both Literature and Art. Nelson Mandela’s A Long Walk To Freedom and The History of Herodotus by Herodotus both heavily contain elements of racism through education, visual class separation, and oppression of the weak. The Google Art Gallery, Racism In Literature and Art demonstrates these themes to further support the ideas of racism. Both mediums demonstrate unequal and bias educational programs, and work to discriminate both visually and mentally on the culture which is not in power.
i bin learn, Deann Grant, 2012, From the collection of: Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)
"The education system...excluding Aboriginal people from their own cultural learning and at the same time denying them a mainstream education." This is a direct comparison to what Nelson Mandela experienced in his early education.
“It was not lack of ability that limited my people, but lack of opportunity.” - Nelson Mandela
Thurgood Marshall, like Mandela, fought for equal education opportunities in the1954 Brown v. the Board of Education.
El mundo de las manos No.1, Oswaldo Guayasamín, 1967, From the collection of: Inter-American Development Bank
This visually shows "political oppression, racism, poverty, and class division" in South America.
“Men trust their ears less than their eyes.”-Herodotus
A boy stands by a cart loaded with luggage for the transport, 1941-1943, From the collection of: Jewish Museum in Prague
This shows visual discrimination through a “degrading bureaucratic process” where Jews were forced to “hand over their house keys...”
“All Africans over the age of 16 were compelled to carry ‘native passes’ issued by the native affairs department."-Mandela
Titik Nyeri (Point Of Pain), F X Harsono, 2007, From the collection of: National Heritage Board, Singapore
An idea of this work is that "subtle discrimination, will wear people out eventually."
Something also discussed in A Walk To Freedom, "I was beginning to realize a black man did not have to accept the dozens of petty indignities directed at him each day" -Mandela
- view in light, From the collection of: Tate Britain
Portrait of Stephen Lawrence, who was a victim of a racist murder in 1993.
“in peace sons bury fathers, but in war fathers bury sons.” -Herodotus
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