11/2 The Classical Tradition and White Supremacy

The historically inaccurate belief that all the good things in classical world were white has had horrifying consequences.

Here are the images we will be looking at today.

Readings:

• Rebecca Futo Kennedy, “Classically White Supremacy – The Dream of a White City” (2017).
• Margo Talbot, “The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture,” The New Yorker, October 22, 2018.