Whitepeopleing is the privilege and dismissive confidence that you have not only the right but also the permission to do whatever the fuck you want.

I got to disagree with this article’s view. Good art makes people uncomfortable. Where do you draw the line with sensitive topics in the arts? The event remains a very personal tragedy but it is also a national tragedy. The whitepeopling/white privilege that is denounced by this article and in the protests is the…

Nothing in that comment even comes close to that sentiment.

A bit of this, a little of that.. And a few songs for us Theater Nerds!

There are alot of buzzwords here amounting to basically nothing. Why in the world are we going so far backwards as to think telling people they can’t tell a story they haven’t experienced themselves is progress? Are white authors not allowed to write books with black protagonists, or non fiction centered around a…

This isn’t “whitepeopleling.” It’s “being an artist.” What I find most interesting (and baffling) about the critique of where and whom the painting comes from is the suggestion that there is nothing about Emmett Till’s death that speaks to the general human condition, or to a shared human history. This logic, taken to…

I am curious how many readers here have stepped into the museum and laid eyes on this piece. Until reading this article, I had no idea what the racial identity of this artist was. I saw the piece this weekend, and it was one of my favorites. Incredibly powerful, tastefully articulated, three-dimensional, visceral…

Ugh, at the very least you should consider the artwork itself when discussing it instead of just focusing on the race of the painter.

Michael, I’m curious how you feel about the Henry Taylor painting that is also on view, that graphically depicts the murder of Philandro Castille at the hands of a white police officer. Is this painting okay because Taylor is black? If it’s a question of profit, is it problematic that Taylor and his gallery, Blum and…

This is a complicated issue. I see noone talking about the content of the painting, only the fact that it exists and that the artist is white. And a lot of talk that if you’re not black you have no right to discuss or comment on the black experience. Hannah Black goes so far as to say “white free speech and white…

Mr. Harriot,

 You are basically saying it’s not ok for any race/sex/culture to make art about a race/sex/culture that they do not belong to. All you are doing is arguing for more division and less exposure for minority issues and/or history to groups that might not otherwise see it.

I can’t agree with any call for this piece of art to be destroyed, even if it might be offensive to some, and I’m surprised an artist would take that stance. Would Hannah Black destroy her own artwork if enough people signed onto a letter calling for its destruction? That demand is ridiculous and undermines the whole…

Ok.

So people should only produce artwork based on their own racial heritage? That’s so unbelievably stupid I’m begging to think this is a troll piece.

As someone who has for decades confronted other white people regarding racism and the like I object to the term “whitepeopling”. We cannot get people to stop stereotyping while embracing stereotyping. Not persuasive!

The death of Emmett Till is a national tragedy, national disgrace. If an artist of any color feels the horror of that disgrace, feel the shittiness of whole shitty story and wants to remind the national ethos of what happened and how far we have yet to go, then I applaud them and their effort... especially if the…

I appreciate the time, emotional weight, and artistry that went into this revealing painting. Emmett Till’s mother wanted the world to see why those savages did to her son. My personal thank you to the artist for continuing his mother’s wishes.

Disagree on this one. The stance that she’s not allowed to produce works of art and should only stick to doing white people art, or whatever, is limiting and foments a sort of separation, not a bringing together. I can’t abide that.

Best bit of training I ever got in relation to this was my Rescue Diver course. Half or more of our classroom time was spent in learning the treatment for various stings/scratches/punctures/etc. from the denizens of the deep.

If you don’t *know* what to do when your friend (or you) is in pain; ASK…