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...Johnson disagrees with Thomas??s idea that stereotypes disproportionately afflict the black community...
...Thomas?? yardage marked the first time a Bulldog rushed for more than 100 yards since Mike McLeod ’09 ran for 138 last year against Princeton. Harvard, whose opponents averaged 82.7 rushing yards per game, seemed an unlikely victim of a breakout, but the sophomore fed off a strong performance by his offensive line...
...accused Dunkin Donuts and Rachel Ray of advocating Islamic extremism—commented on her website, “Can anyone say plagiarism? American art? I don’t think so!” Not only is this characterization wildly misguided—as a brief inquiry into Thomas?? biography reveals—it distracts from developing a more appropriate reading of the painting’s intended significance, as well as the Obama’s motivations for chosing...
...raised in Washington D.C., Thomas was the first graduate of Howard University’s then-nascent art department, as well as the first black woman to receive either an MFA from Columbia University or a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum in New York. A lifelong schoolteacher, Thomas?? commitment to art education is perhaps explained by her own denial from many public museums as a young girl. While much of her early work was marked by a distinct realist style, as she aged, her work became increasingly abstract. With this in mind, “Watusi?...
...Thomas?? decision to rotate the piece 90 degrees, as well as her near-complete color reversal (greens are pinks, and most symbolically, bright oranges become blues), speaks to multiple beliefs: the color reversal, to the historic mistreatment of black people in Western societies; the correspondence in shape, to a fundamental common ground between all peoples’ experiences. In short, Matisse may have gotten some credit where credit was perhaps not due, but this fact did not impede Thomas from either being inspired by or relating to his work. This notion is further illustrated by her second painting...