MARLBORO – Marlboro College seniors, Allison and Tanner, have begun hanging up fliers around Marlboro’s campus advertising an exhibit featuring their artwork opening on Friday night . Tanner, who appears tanner than few, claims that “like, you totally can\u2019t see this exhibit and still be, like, a racist or whatever. You know? Like, it\u2019s going to definitely change the way everyone thinks about race and stuff like that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Allison concurred, adding; “I think it’s just that, like, most people really don’t know what it’s, like, like<\/em> to be a minority. I really think our art will change that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The art that will be on display at the exhibit is a culmination of Allison and Tanner’s work in a class last semester: A.R.T (Altering Racist Tendencies). Dr. Smith, creator of the A.R.T curriculum and tenured professor at Marlboro College, stated that Tanner and Allison have a “knack for translating systemic racism into abstract paintings.” Dr. Smith has lobbied to make attendance at the exhibit mandatory for all Marlboro College students with little success. Dr. Smith also lacks some melanin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Allison concluded her statement to The Winooski<\/em> by explaining that “white people, I think, just need to learn, like, where it is their place to do things. Tanner and I both know that, like, this exhibit will help show them that.” Tanner added that this is especially important “like, with all the supremacy going on and things like that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both have promised that nothing “discriminatory or racially insensitive” will take place at the exhibit. Tickets can be bought in advance on the college’s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"