The video is very upsetting. I was almost in tears hearing Ms. Brison’s friend sob and being mocked by the cops when if she were a white woman the cop would be on his knees trying to comfort her.

This “Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement” needs to be dismantled. I’m almost certain communities are better off policing themselves. Whoever came up with the idea of tarnishing that child’s character should feel shame & I hope they eternally burn in hell along with those who cosigned on it.

Unpopular opinion here: I can live with the portrait of Potus, I don’t like the one of Flotus and I don’t think these will stand up in 10-20yrs. She is a beautiful, strong, smart, Black woman and she’s greyed out with indistinguishable features , it doesn’t even look like her. If the Obamas are happy, I’m happy for…

I find myself in the unenviable position of running out of new and interesting ways to call this guy -and quite frankly everyone around the orangey-tan- a complete and unredeemable pile of racist, classist, imperialist shit.

Exactly. I’m a visual artist and I really like Sherald’s style. But that doesn’t change the fact that she did not paint Michelle Obama’s face — if you didn’t know who it was supposed to be, I doubt many people would guess it was her, because Sherald failed to get the proportions of her facial features right.

What ultimately bothers me about the portraits is that both are far more about the artist than the subject. That’s fine for the vast majority of art (and indeed, other creative endeavors), but I’d agree - for this particular set and the requirements underlying it, it’s inappropriate.

Yeah, the painting, to me, reads as being about the dress, not the larger-than-life woman wearing it. The dress is wearing her rather than vice versa. Which is SO not Michelle Obama, she stands out more than anything she’ll ever wear, no matter how sartorially impressive. And the greyed-out skin tone diminishes her,…

They’ll find a way to explain it away and think black folk are stupid enough to buy it.

If you think the use of those words wasn’t intentional I have a bridge to sell you. This administration and the scumbags that support it want all people of color, LGTBQ and anyone non white living in fear. Fuck them and fuck you who voted for them. Next member of The GOP that puts Martin Luther King in their mouths…

Obama’s portrait is amazing but I am really pissed off at how bad Michelle Obama’s portrait is. Not the artist’s best work by a long shot. It looks like a B+ drawing from a high school art show. She deserves so so so much better. Kehinde Wiley should have done both their portraits.

I really enjoy the portrait of Obama; the colors are so vibrant and as a result the man himself comes off with the kind of inherent warmth that we know he exudes in real life but that a serious portrait would likely fail to capture. By painting him with a very serious expression against a background of vibrant green…

Where you failed was in your attempt, with your first statement, to try to slickly slide the blame for the citizens death squarely on him and not the police. Then you tried to camouflage that in the next paragraph by seeming to rail against the police for their abuse of power. Your first statement cancels out…

Because White Girl. I’m still going to reach out to the ASPCA, though. Just in case.

Look...hamsters generally fit in pockets. they are SMALL. Of all the shit folks take on planes, she could have fit this one in her pocket, got on the plane, and be done with it.

Right after you quit telling me what I can and cannot say.

One can hope. (Come on Jesus. Don’t fail me now)

Kelly is a detestable. He’s a racist, a bully and a LIAR. Why on earth would Dump force him to resign?

It’s an irrelevant question because it has nothing to do with the officer’s decision to murder someone. Really basic. Everyone else on this thread understands it except you, but keep digging that hole.

This shit right here is why people don’t care when cops get shot. When you extrajudicially murder and treat people like enemy combatants, don’t be surprised when they view you as an illegally occupying force.