norman rockwell picture at the WH using the N word any thoughts?

You need to learn to put things in their proper perspective. That child was brave and the sign using the "N" word reflects the reality at that place and that time. Any other word would not have shown what black people were up against when school integration began.

Yes, diplomats see that portrait. And they know that things are not like that now. What diplomats see is a portrait of bravery. Anyone who is a foreign diplomat is not stupid. Diplomats are educated people and they are educated about the countries they visit and the history of those countries. I doubt that there is a person anywhere in the world who studies U.S. history who is not well aware that that portrait reflects a time in our past. It's not exactly something we've hidden from the world.

The president is also telling people by putting that portrait right outside of the oval office "Look how far my country has come." From the 50s and 60s of racial discrimination where a black child could not attend a white school, where black people could not drink from fountains or sit at counters marked "white only" to a time in the 2000s when a black man could actually become president. That's one hell of a step in the right direction.

Context is everything.

The picture shows a young black girl courageously going to her first day of integrated school in New Orleans, accompanied by U.S. Marshalls with a backdrop of a picket fence showing the offensive graffiti with the word you referenced, along with the remains of thrown tomatoes.

It's a 'snap shot' in time, that's all. It displays our history, and it is important to portray it accurately. If you are offended by it that is not only your problem, but also a display of your ignorance.

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it is a fantastic picture