"One of the primary concerns of educators teaching the history of the Holocaust is how to present horrific images in a sensitive and appropriate manner. Graphic material should be used judiciously and only to the extent necessary to achieve the objective of the lesson ...The assumption that all students will seek to understand human behavior after being exposed to horrible images is fallacious. Some students may be so appalled by images of brutality and mass murder that they are discouraged from studying the subject further."
Amy Draeger Audubon Park List, We are on our way to war. How graphic is that? There is more graphic stuff on MTV, in the movies, on prime time television. Students today, even five year olds, know a whole lot more than we ever did at their age. IMHO that quote is about a few hundred years too late. In a world that is becoming more and more segregated, those images need to stay on the forefront of people's minds, lest some people be prone to forget history. Just like television, when it offends you, turn the channel. If the picture offends people, they can walk another way. If that picture were to be replaced by a picture of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that would probably be just dandy. It would be more pleasing to the senses because White America is okay with that. They gave him his own day. He makes people feel good. But people need to understand that the world is not comprised of all feel good moments. Some bad ones had to come to pass in order to get to those good ones. Its called HISTORY. And history, especially Black AND White history, should not have to be compromised any more than it already has been. Pamela Taylor (Who as a past Minneapolis Arts Commissioner believes that Art in Public Places is a good thing, weighing in from Tampa) TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
