The University of Oregon is covering the controversial murals that have decorated the halls of its largest library after years of protest over the murals' racist language and portrayal of indigenous people
The university made the announcement Wednesday, saying the move was in part an acknowledgment of the larger conversations occurring about racism in the US."In a move to acknowledge conversations about anti-racism taking place around the world amid the Black Lives Matter movement, the University of Oregon has ordered four murals in the Knight Library that contain racist, exclusionary language and imagery to be covered," a statement from the school reads.
And though the murals are now set to be covered, the push to have them removed has been a long one. The"Mission of a University" mural has been vandalized multiple times, as recently as June 2020."I am firmly against the destruction or censoring of art in any form, but it would be disingenuous for anyone to say that these pieces, especially in a library whose central mission is to welcome and support the entire campus, are 'just art,'" Phillips said.
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