Cultural Artifacts and housing them in museums is not a simple topic. In regards to Native American artifacts, many of them were stolen and placed in these museums without our consent. Lots of things in those museums are rightfully still ours and should be returned. The cultural value of these types of artifacts should outweigh the historical value. But also, these artifacts are not a picture, they're the actual thing. A picture is entirely different as that is a snapshot in time, and housing a picture of an artifact or historical moment is not the same as housing the actual artifact.
I do not think of him as being dumb or doing anything bad by taking a photograph to a movie premier. And I feel it's just more of the left spewing things that they do not understand about culture and humanity.
I agree - those artifacts should be returned.
So you are saying McFarland lied when he said he had the "original photograph from 1863"? What 'actual artifact' are you referring to? The photograph IS the artifact.
Are you suggesting that black people are "spewing things they do not understand about culture and humanity" when they ask questions or make objections about how their own culture is being used to sell?
You don't have any objections about how Hollywood has portrayed Native Americans in film over the decades? I'm genuinely curious, not attempting a gotcha here.
The photograph is the the moment captured in time. It's not the artifact as in having the actual whip that was used to cause those scars. Photographs are utilized as a source of information because it shows what happened within that time. It's why I have no problem if someone were to have a photograph of what my people went through. The only closest things we have are the boarding school pictures, but most of these atrocities weren't photographed.
Let me tell you, how would one define "Black" culture? That's another issue in itself as many black people do not follow African Culture. Because these people were taken away from their African Roots, these Black Americans have formed their own "Black American Culture" and only they as "Black Americans" can determine what "Black American Culture" is. This all boils down to humans having a Cultural Identity. And it's fascinating when humans were forced from this Cultural Identity. That's the reason why African Americans feel robbed.
And no, I do not care about how we were portrayed in film because I understand the differences between what is fiction and what is reality. It's why I say and am proud that Indigenous People in America are making a name for themselves by creating their own shows and films. Reservation Dogs is a great example of this and this is closer to how Native American life is in Modern Times. I understand my Cultural Identity, and some of these Natives are also struggling with this Cultural Identity, by trying to live within two worlds, one of the Western Culture and one of their Traditional Culture.
I understand how awful things were, I know history is never pretty. I do not wish for History to be whitewashed because some people can't handle the gruesome truth.