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Is this ignorance?

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posted on 16/12/19

Complete joke and a sly racist shot by the artist.

comment by Cloggy (U1250)

posted on 16/12/19

https://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/416113

posted on 16/12/19

Totally delusional.

No one "came from" monkeys and Francis Galton was a disgrace. We're all humans, not animals.

posted on 16/12/19

Just had a glance at Galton's Wikipedia page, and you wouldn't think he did anything wrong if that's all you read. Careful what you read. Here's some context for those who don't know:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/column-the-false-racist-theory-of-eugenics-once-ruled-science-lets-never-let-that-happen-again

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/01/racism-science-human-genomes-darwin

posted on 17/12/19

Sky reported that the artist only paints Monkeys....

posted on 17/12/19

Serie A, Italy's top football division, commissioned Simone Fugazzotto, who is known for painting monkeys, to create artworks to tackle prejudice in the game.
https://news.sky.com/story/serie-a-anti-racism-campaign-sparks-criticism-over-images-of-monkeys-11888499

posted on 17/12/19

"Ignorance"?
Call it that if you like.
It's more likely "idiocy", "Illiteracy", and many other things combined, probably among the younger generation of footfall goers.
How they even have the money to pay for a ticket at today's prices is amazing.
And the clubs let them in!!
Says a lot about the clubs, doesn't it?

posted on 17/12/19

He could have just used Gareth Bale.

posted on 17/12/19

Balism at its worst right there.

posted on 17/12/19

comment by Hooplar (U15824)
posted 10 hours, 30 minutes ago
Totally delusional.

No one "came from" monkeys and Francis Galton was a disgrace. We're all humans, not animals.
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We're also all animals though...

In essence there's nothing wrong with using a monkey as an image to represent our common ancestry.

Problem is, only a complete idiot would not understand the racist connotations of reference a monkey in this sort of 'conversation'. So it's either insanely misjudged or intentionally offensive. I'm unsure which.

posted on 17/12/19

comment by Edward Elizabeth Hitler. (U14393)
posted 11 hours, 8 minutes ago
Complete joke and a sly racist shot by the artist.
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If, as someone above said, he only paints or specialises in painting monkeys, then its not a racist shot by the artist but those who commissioned him, knowing full well that it they would get a monkey painting for their campaign.

comment by SB&S (U17757)

posted on 17/12/19

It is entirely wrong at every level. If an ad needs endless explanation, it has obviously failed. The eye colour completely lost on most people.
The sad part is neither the artist or those that commissioned this can see why.

posted on 18/12/19

Phil - I believe humans are distinct from animals, aside from whatever biological or scientific definitions we currently have. I don't believe we are animals - in the same way that you could describe people as "behaving like animals" to mean they're not behaving like people should.

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