Activists want a San Francisco high school mural removed, saying its impact today should overshadow the artist's intentions
- Written by Amna Khalid, Associate Professor of History, Carleton College
One of the objectionable panels depicts a dead Native American.Dick Evans, CC BY
For nearly a century, a massive mural by painter Victor Arnautoff titled “The Life of Washington” has lined the hallways of San Francisco’s George Washington High School.
It may not be there much longer.
The mural “glorifies slavery, genocide,...