02-15-2016, 11:02 AM
(02-15-2016, 03:09 AM)mpd618 Wrote:(02-14-2016, 10:56 PM)BuildingScout Wrote: It's all about feeling hollier-than-thou and slacktivism. The net impact on the real world and actual injustices against minorities and natives is zero, but it makes professors and righteous students feel good so, here we are.
And it's not like art means anything, anyway. Right?
This could have been a teachable moment, where each statue is accompanied by a plaque describing the most notable actions (good and bad) from each PM, putting them in their proper historical context. That's what an institution committed to learning should have done.