Ghetto for dark-skinned snapshot subjects at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts

Our Museum of Fine Arts got hold of 50,000 “found” photographs and decided to display 300 of them in an exhibition titled “Unfinished Stories.” The curators decided to create a special ghetto area for snapshots depicting dark-skinned subjects and call it “African American Experience.” The rest of the exhibition featured light-skinned subjects.

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2 thoughts on “Ghetto for dark-skinned snapshot subjects at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts

  1. I actually saw this exhibit over the weekend, and do not recall any ‘ghettoized’ displays. I thought the African American photos were merely a depiction of aspects of life for African Americans. Until I read it here, I did not think of it as a ghettoized display any more than I think the MFA’s depiction of Chinese artifacts is a way to ghettoize the Chinese into one corner of the museum.

  2. I failed to comprehend what kimono protests are about. I read through article, I don’t understand why it’s ‘racist’.

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