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Nexius_Lobster@lemmy.worldM to Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years ago

Encounter by M.C Escher

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Encounter by M.C Escher

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Nexius_Lobster@lemmy.worldM to Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years ago
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  • Deceptichum@kbin.social
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    You’d have to be pretty stupid/American to instantly assume a pointy nose is racist and the black/white is obviously a choice for the repeating pattern to be visible.

    https://i.imgur.com/Vila7jB.png

    https://i.imgur.com/CoGDmUB.jpg

    https://i.imgur.com/6zgTdlE.png

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      Americans didn’t invent racism, man.

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        No, but Americans are the most obsessed with it and see it in everything even if it’s not there.

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          To me me that only says we’re less willing to ignore it.

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            And to me it says you need to realise that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

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