The College Fix – by Matthew Stein
Yale University has announced it will take down an 88-year-old stone carving from one of its buildings that depicts an armed Native American and Puritan side by side after campus officials determined the artwork depicts “colonial violence.”
In the stonework, the Native American carries a bow and the Puritan a gun, flanking each other. Campus officials “consulted faculty and other scholarly experts, who concluded that the image depicts a scene of warfare and colonial violence toward local Native American inhabitants,” Yale reported through its alumni magazine. Continue reading “Yale cites ‘colonial violence’ in decision to take down censored artwork”