The Society of the [Racist] Spectacle?
Minister in 'racist circumcision outrage' - The Local When I first went to the link above, I wasn’t immediately offended. My question was: what prompted the cutting of the cake of “the cutting of the cake”? (I’ll wait.) Then, I began reading more of the article and became offended, not at Liljeroth but at the artist, Makode Aj Linde. How dare HE take on the role of a woman being circumcised, in Black-face, no less? Who the hell does he think he is? I fell for it. Damnit! I can’t believe I actually went that route. (Heavy sigh.) But if you can find his Facebook page, you will see that I wasn’t the only one. I checked out the comments regarding this work and found some very mixed responses, but most were negatively directed at Linde and/or Liljeroth. But then, art should cause controversy or make you think, right? And at the very least, it should make you think about it after you have walked away from it. So, I sat back down at my computer with a glass of ...