Artist Asked to Paint Children's Faces 'A Lighter Color' in Arizona School Mural?

All colors are the Lord's children and shouldn't be discriminated against.

That school was mostly latino so that why the Mural had Latinos on it.

Whats wrong with adding latino kids on it? Even if the area is mostly white? I wouldn't have a problem with it why do others?

Racism seem to explain it. I'll pray for them. and remember that the Lord is watching

In other words, we are dealing with a sense of offense because the typical body count mentality of affirmative action quotas is not being applied to the artistic world by a mural that is not closely in line with the current demographics of the area. This is frankly, extremely open-ended in terms of potential offense. After all, by that inane logic, what is considered OK at one time will one day be considered illegitimate in the event of a more than trivial demographic shift. I think that what we are dealing with here is much ado about nothing and it would be better for kids of all races and backgrounds to focus on the very reason that they are in school in the first place: namely, to learn.

It is a public school and the principal is in charge. The artist is being paid by the school, so the artist should do what the principal instructed him to do. If he doesn't he hasn't fulfilled his contractual obligations and shouldn't be paid. Sack the artist and get another artist who follows instructions.

Murals are yuk and a waste of taxpayers money. Just paint it a blended colour - like a light brown.

I have to question their choice in the picture itself unless they aren't showing the whole thing. Why would they show a huge picture of a black child and a white child in the background? 30% of the population in AZ is Hispanic. Why wouldn't you show some Hispanics, some Asians. etc, along with white and black? If this is to show diversity, then show the diversity. Show them in a sense of brotherhood and equality.

As for ethnic studies, isn't the idea for us all to be Americans? Why wouldn't the studies be about Americans of all colors rather than separated by ethnicity? There are black people in our history as well as white, Hispanic and others. Show pictures of them when they are mentioned in history rather than this separation.

Pretty pathetic. We had a mural like that on the wall of my elementary school, and that was decades ago, in Tennessee, and no one had a problem with it.

Shameful

It's a lot of hype about nothing imo but I like how people bend over backwards to connect anything said anywhere on the face of the earth to Arizona's Illegal Immigration law..which Mirrors Federal Law btw.

The only difference is one chooses to follow the law while the other does not.

Current Federal Law:

(e) Personal possession of registration or receipt card; penalties

Every alien, eighteen years of age and over, shall at all times carry with him and have in his personal possession any certificate of alien registration or alien registration receipt card issued to him pursuant to subsection (d) of this section.

Any alien who fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction for each offense be fined not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

Ever been to Prescott? I don't think there is a single black person in town, so how would dark faces be representative of what the kids see and their town?

The world has gone mad. The picture should have been left alone and everybody get on with their lives.

My understanding is the demographics at the school did not match the mural, why didn't the artist depict the demographics to begin with.