I am more bummed on shitty flyer design, than subject matter... this does not mean that i am indifferent to racism, i just take subject matter on flyers as people trying to be shocking, or show someone a striking powerfull image.. i have used an image of neonazis getting their heads shaved on a flyer, that is not because i am pro-neonazi, but because i found the image to be one of the most terrifying images i had ever seen, perhaps because i knew the context, but mainly because of the look in the one guys eye, pure hate. what would you say if the image on the unholy two flyer turned out to be from a photo from a civil rights protester being attacked, but was cropped to only show the raw feeling of what was happening?
is there a difference between putting an unknown person of an ethnic background different than your own on a flyer and putting a celebrity or minor celebrity of a different ethnic background than yours on a flyer? would it ok for me to put bonecrusher on a flyer, but not ok to put a photo of someone that is not marginally famous? is there a difference between putting a group of young asian girls on a flyer and putting a group of iraqi soldier (in terms of weather or not it is racist)? is that not what you mean? is it only when white people put images of black people on flyers?(yeah i know i am being un PC, but i mean nothing racist by either the term "white" or "black") what about putting an image of a dead cop? does it have different meaning if the cop is white than if the cop is black?
I am not trying at all to be a smart ass, and i am just trying to have a dialog about this, and if i missed the point and took it somewhere that is offensive to the people posing the question, i did not intend that.
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