Germany: Art Festival Oppresses Brown People Because Jews Feel Oppressed

If racism is “prejudice plus power,” then how is it possible for an Indonesian immigrant to be racist against Jews?

I guess that’s why they keep “racism and anti-Semitism” as two separate categories. Only white people can be racist – but anyone can be an anti-Semite.

Euronews:

The world-famous contemporary art exhibition Documenta, which opened on Saturday in Kassel, Germany, has partially covered up an artwork after it was criticised for containing anti-Semitic images.

The move came after several groups including politicians and representatives of Jewish associations demanded the removal of the artwork.

The Israeli Embassy has also expressed outrage at the image, saying that the work was promoting Goebbels-style propaganda.

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The large-scale work titled ‘People’s Justice (2001), created by the Indonesian underground art collective Taring Padi, is meant to depict the violence under the former General Suharto’s dictatorship.

It features many satirical characters including a group of soldiers wearing a green uniform with pig faces. The soldiers are wearing red scarves featuring the Star of David and helmets labelled with the word ‘Mossad’ (Israel’s national intelligence agency).

Another character with side-locks and fangs smokes a cigar while wearing a black hat with “SS,” the acronym for Hitler’s black-uniformed Schutzstaffel.

The artwork has since been partially covered up by Documenta.

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Taring Padi issued an apology for the scandal their artwork has caused, claiming that it was not their intention for the characters to be seen in an anti-Semitic light.

The art does seem to be anti-Jewish, or critical of Jewish behavior.

Do the Indonesians have a reason to be opposed to Jews?

You can argue about that, and though I’m not an expert on the topic, my instinct would be to side with Sukarno. But whatever the case – it’s a part of common Indonesian leftist understanding that the Jews played a major role in holding back their agenda and killing a bunch of them.

So – whatever. Are they not allowed to have views?

The most important question here is: why is Europe so obsessed with defending the Jews?