Date: June 29th, 2019 12:21 AM Author: Olive greedy trust fund pisswyrm
“There’s been this whole discussion about whitewashing history as if a mural is the only way to talk about history,” Mr. Cook said, “or as if that history is an accurate depiction of the full experiences of people of that time. I think that argument really limits the nuances in how dynamic that time was and all the contributions African slaves made to the country, that indigenous Americans gave to settlers. To think that those two depictions are it is baffling.”
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A mural in the lobby of George Washington High School.
A mural in the lobby of George Washington High School.CreditJim Wilson/The New York Times
Mr. Cook said he wanted to get the vote out of the way so the board could move on to bigger issues, such as the school district’s widening achievement gap and chronic absenteeism.
Some were not pleased with the board’s decision, including Lope Yap Jr., the vice president of the school’s alumni association.
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“The content and the art quality is priceless,” Mr. Yap said. “Every day — in contrast to opponents — teachers, librarians use it as a teaching point. No matter where I go, no matter who I meet, 85 percent of people are in favor of retaining the murals.”
Mr. Yap said the murals served as “reminders of what was, what is and what should never happen again.”
“What better place,’’ he said, “to have these kinds of discussions while a student is going through their educational process.”
He said those who want to preserve the murals would consider legal action.
Three months ago, when the issue began making headlines, the Russian Community Council of the U.S.A. created an online petition to preserve Arnautoff’s mural. As of Thursday, more than 1,000 people had signed it. The group’s goal is 1,500.
The school board has yet to decide whether the murals will be covered with panels or painted over. Covering the murals with panels would cost between $600,000 and $845,000 and would be completed within the next two years, Mr. Cook said. Painting would first require an environmental impact study that would cost about $500,000. The cost of the painting would be on top of the bill for the study and would extend the timeline.
Date: June 29th, 2019 12:31 AM Author: Hyperactive hell alpha
During the Great Depression, a Communist got hired as an artist by the WPA to paint shit around San Francisco. So he painted a mural in a high school of white settlers bloodily oppressing Indians and slaves. But today, the graphic images are, according to certain shitlibs, too offensive, even though they were intended to depict Anglos in a very negative light. So some of the shitlibs are trying to have the murals painted over, and other shitlibs are trying to save them.
Date: June 29th, 2019 8:41 AM Author: Mind-boggling navy market cuckold
1. You have to get an environmental study to paint an inside wall? 2. That study costs $500,000????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Date: June 29th, 2019 3:12 AM Author: Razzle-dazzle Den
"Mr. Cook said he wanted to get the vote out of the way so the board could move on to bigger issues, such as the school district’s widening achievement gap and chronic absenteeism."
Date: June 29th, 2019 9:44 AM Author: electric bawdyhouse knife
That's the biggest sorry here. I thought it must be a quarter mile long to cost 600 or 800k to cover. This looks like half a day's work for one man LMAO.
Date: June 29th, 2019 10:10 AM Author: underhanded university death wish
Superintendent Vincent Matthews, a San Francisco native, said he only saw the murals earlier this school year.
“When I walked in and saw those murals… it was like a chunk of my soul was pulled out,” he said. “I don’t want another student who doesn’t have to see those murals to have to see them.”
Date: June 29th, 2019 7:28 AM Author: Metal ticket booth codepig
One of the commissioners, Faauuga Moliga, said before the vote on Tuesday that his chief concern was that “kids are mentally and emotionally feeling safe at their schools.” Thus he wanted “the murals to be painted down.” Mark Sanchez, the school board’s vice president, later told me that simply concealing the murals wasn’t an option because it would “allow for the possibility of them being uncovered in the future.” Destroying them was worth it regardless of the cost, he argued at the hearing, saying, “This is reparations.”
Date: June 29th, 2019 8:12 AM Author: Manually Patching Allaire
One of the imams, Faauuga al-Moliga, said before the vote on Tuesday that his chief concern was that “kids are mentally and emotionally feeling safe at their madrassas.” Thus he wanted “the Buddhas to be dynamited.” Abdullah al-Markush al-Sanchaz, the village's head warlord, later told me that simply concealing the Buddhas wasn’t an option because it would “allow for the possibility of them being uncovered in the future.” Destroying them was worth it regardless of the cost, he argued at the hearing, saying, “This is halal.”
Date: June 29th, 2019 8:30 AM Author: Metal ticket booth codepig
That's just one of the 13 panels, 1,600 sq ft altogether
By the way, $600k would be the cost of covering them. But they decided to paint them over instead, at a cost of over $1 million (when the necessary CEQA paperwork's $500k cost is included)
Date: June 29th, 2019 1:29 PM Author: Arrogant wild associate
“by de-tracking math classes, San Francisco has done away with one of the key avenues that the well-connected use to give their children an academic advantage.”
Date: June 29th, 2019 3:55 PM Author: peach piazza
"They think the earlier students distinguish themselves from their peers, the better off they'll be, rather than seeing math as a platform for equity."
"They think the earlier students distinguish themselves from their peers, the better off they'll be, rather than seeing math as a platform for equity."
"They think the earlier students distinguish themselves from their peers, the better off they'll be, rather than seeing math as a platform for equity."
"They think the earlier students distinguish themselves from their peers, the better off they'll be, rather than seeing math as a platform for equity."
Date: June 29th, 2019 10:41 PM Author: Charismatic Plaza Mad-dog Skullcap
California is fucked. They think they are the state of innovation that will build bullet trains. They're the state where it costs a million dollars to paint a wall.