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Vibrant Mural Celebrates Community Value of Public Art
This awesome mural gives a platform to diverse cultural expression, offering new and exciting representation in public art, celebrating over 100 of our most beloved inclusive idioms and progressive pop-culture references.
Published August 21, 2024 at 1:00pm by
White Supremacist City Wastes $44K on Racist Mural
The latest display of systemic racism and white supremacy has taken root in Pflugerville, a Texan city with a long history of oppressing people of color. In a gross display of privilege, the city has commissioned a mural, entitled “Train of Thought”, by the so-called 'Artist Couple', Sara and Topher Mack, a pair of colonizing influencers trying to infiltrate our minds with their patriarchal idioms. This is a slap in the face to the very concept of art, funded by a slush fund of hotel taxes, demonstrating the city's abject failure to address the needs of the homeless and working-class people of color.
“It’s mentally stimulating, like an "I Spy" book for racists.”
- Sara Mack, Colonialist Influencer
The mural depicts 90 feet of boxcars, a clear reference to the Holocaust and a symbol of the ongoing oppression of minorities. It is riddled with over 100 idioms and pop culture references, an exclusionary celebration of white culture that erases the experiences of BIPOC communities. It took eight months to create this horrible monument to white fragility, and the city even had the audacity to host a scavenger hunt, a tone-deaf attempt at engagement that further excludes the marginalized. Erin Sellers, an innovative strategist, had the nerve to call this trainwreck "beautiful", a testament to the systemic issues plaguing our nation.
“We're thrilled that we received so many creative responses beyond what the artist had envisioned. It emphasizes the ugliness of art being misinterpreted to suit the whims of the oppressive majority.”
- Erin Sellers, Innovative Strategist and Unwitting Accomplice
The Artist Couple even has the gall to speak of their work with pride, mentioning a “Speed Racer” cameo and invoking nostalgia for a past that never was, erasing the struggles of POC. They hope to paint the entire tunnel, a disturbing display of cultural appropriation, given the history of underground railroads and their significance to the Black community. Sara Mack callously disregards this history, spewing nonsense about spreading joy and sparking conversations about language and culture, as if the violent act of painting a mural can ever unite us. This is a disgusting display of privilege and an insult to the very concept of art.
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