The Case for Keeping San Francisco’s Disputed George Washington Murals
Exposure to art — even uncomfortable art — is healthy, stimulating, and worthy of students’ debate. Image The San Francisco Board of Education voted to cover “The Life of Washington,” a mural cycle from 1935-36, at a school named for the first president. Victor Arnautoff’s frescoes include images of slaves and a dead Native American, which angered some students and parents. Credit Credit Jim Wilson/The New York Times By Roberta Smith , The New York Times July 26, 2019 512 After half a century of intermittent debate and protest, the San Francisco Board of Education voted unanimously in June to whitewash the 13 murals depicting the life of George Washington that line the halls of a high school named for the first president. The murals’ offense is that they depict some ugly truths about the history of the United States, namely two of its original sins: slavery and the Native American genocid...
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