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[lafinjack]

As you may have heard, this week the Republican Party released what they’ve termed a “Pledge to America,” a document that lists their agenda for the next legislative session. Erin Echols, a student at Kennesaw State U., took a look at it and was struck by the contents, particularly the images

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[homasse]

[hinoema]

And largely old.

[quizzicalsphinx]

I was struck by how the many bald spots in the crowd seem to function as halos in the lighting.

[mswyrr]

And the lighting makes it so the sea of white people is, like, fucking luminescent. D:

[nemi_chan]

It's all about...I'm tempted to say carciture.

The old movies from the era the GOP faps to. The white hats and black hats mentality. Etc.

The thing is, a lot of those cowboys were historically black. Hollywood whitewashed things.

[vilawolf]

"The thing is, a lot of those cowboys were historically black. Hollywood whitewashed things."

I effing love you right now for knowing that small fact. - *points to her reply above*

[schexyschteve]

The Wild West was fairly progressive in reality too. I think it was Wyoming? that first gave women the right to vote.

[valarltd]

Aye. And refused to join the union until the women were allowed to keep their franchise on the state and local level.

[rex_dart]

If only the left could come up with some more progressive cowboy imagery to counter this myth. I'm going to go eat some pudding and ponder this dilemma.

[vilawolf]

Personally I think the back-lighted cowboy is perfect. Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, White... all wore that hat and all did amazing things and in silhouette you can't see the persons race.

If you want to make it obvious, just google historic photos of actual African-American, Hispanic, Native-American, Asian cowboys.

[mswyrr]

Unfortunately, I think people seeing that image would default to cowboy = White male, even though it's a silhouette. White male is the unmarked state after all, and the stereotypes enforcing the notion of the cowboy being that are very strong.

[hotcoffeems]

I think this is a good idea, imagery-wise.

Conservatives who fetishize the Old West seem to conveniently elide a lot of history. Never mind the number of blacks who went West (Exodusters, anyone?) or the Seminole Freedmen, or really...well those people just didn't EXIST.

[fruhlings]

fuck this cowboy persona bullshit.

[blackjedii]

O HAI MALBORO MAN!!