On February 12th, 2018, the National Portrait Gallery today unveiled separate official portraits of President Barack Obama and ex-first lady Michelle Obama. Former President Obama choose controversial artist Kehinde Wiley create his official portrait and while the quality of the artwork was widely mocked, the artist’s previous work raised significant alarm. Wiley has previously created several renditions of the “Book of Judith” Biblical story depicting Judith beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes. In Wiley’s rendition, Judith was transformed from a Jewish woman into a black woman, and Holofernes is changed from a man into a white woman. Given the clear racial overtones – why did President Obama choose this specific artist?
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Everything that is wrong with the mainstream media can be found in how they chose to ignore this story. The "Artists" plain racial hostility should have been obvious to all. Both he and Obama should have been asked about it. However, neither were. Still, just because the MSM doesn't want to deal with story doesn't make it less important. In fact, by ignoring it, they only further weaken their brand as reporters and places to actually get information. The art in question is so visually striking (and visual persuasion is very powerful, as per Scott Adams) and disturbing that I suspect it created more white nationalists in an instant that just about anything else you can think off. In a way it's a perfect comment on Obama's presidency. Tone deaf and a divider to the end.
Well done, Stefan. And Vertigo Politix is spot on also:
ZeroHedge further describes what a complete and utter disaster this is. 😭
http://bit.ly/2styvqh