Rainbow-Colored Nooses Removed From Tree On Tennessee Campus

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Source: Huffington Post - Reuters

(Reuters) - Police at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee have removed six rainbow colored nooses - widely seen as a symbol of racial hatred - hanging from a tree on campus, the school said.

Police on Monday took down the row of nooses found near the university fine arts building on the main campus in Clarksville, Tennessee, after receiving several complaints, the school said in a statement.

“This incident is deeply disturbing and is hurtful to our university community,” said university president Alisa White. “I am saddened, and I am sorry for the hurt and offense this has caused.”

The intent of the display, especially in the multicolored style suggesting a link to the gay pride movement, was unclear.

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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nooses-tennessee-campus_us_571633dbe4b0060ccda443af

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1. You have to be kidding to think this is art about suicide.

The far right--really far right--evangelical nutjobs in this country would like nothing more than a genocide of
LGBT people. Ted Cruz and others in the Republican party have courted the votes and approval of
these nutjob "pastors" who have called for killing gays.

http://www.advocate.com/media/2015/11/09/watch-rachel-maddow-breaks-down-pastors-kill-gays-rally-attended-gop-candidates

[FSogol]

2. Does no one remember Arturo Vega?

He was a pop-artist/graphic designer (most famous for the designs of LP covers for The Ramones). In the 1970s in NYC, he had a show of day-glow swastikas drawn as Warhol-esqe pop art. He wanted to take the symbol back from the Nazis and appropriate it as a symbol of man-made madness.

Some images of his work here:

http://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/blog/remembering-arturo-vega-the-fifth-ramone

[Eugene]

3. University Says Rainbow-Hued Nooses Were Part of Art Display

Source: Associated Press

University Says Rainbow-Hued Nooses Were Part of Art Display

By TRAVIS LOLLER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Apr 19, 2016, 6:57 PM ET

Six nooses arranged in the colors of the rainbow were part of an art display for a sculpture class at a Tennessee university and were not intended to be a political statement or hate symbol, officials said Tuesday.

Austin Peay State University President Alisa White told students at a forum that the FBI had interviewed the unnamed student and her art teacher and found no malicious intent with the project.

The nooses were hung from a tree near the art building at the Clarksville campus Monday afternoon. Campus police removed them after a complaint.

The art student issued a statement Tuesday saying the display was meant to invoke the cycle of death and rebirth represented by springtime. Before the statement, speculation about the meaning of the nooses had been rampant, with some students saying they were a statement about the high suicide rate among lesbian and gay youth and others assuming they were meant as a threat against African-Americans.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/university-probing-nooses-rainbow-colors-art-38509189

[Judi Lynn]

4. How could it ever NOT be a threat, after so many destroyed lives at the end of a rope

in this country?

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