Paper Title Number 1
Published in Journal 1, 2009
Recommended citation: Your Name, You. (2009). "Paper Title Number 1." Journal 1. 1(1).
This paper is about the number 1. The number 2 is left for future work.
Recommended citation: Your Name, You. (2009). “Paper Title Number 1.” Journal 1. 1(1).
ABSTRACT: In the wake of the political environment of the late 2010s, debates over public monuments, particularly those that promote white supremacy ideology, have become heated. The “Life of Washington” murals at San Francisco’s George Washington High School represent an interesting complication in the national conversation; while the artist intended for them to be a critique of the idealized colonialist narrative, some modern viewers take offense at what appear to be stereotyped images of enslaved African Americans and Indigenous people. Calls to paint over the murals in order to protect students from emotional trauma have been loudly criticized as attempts to censor history and destroy art. In this paper, I describe the various controversies surrounding the murals, how they were addressed, and ways in which they are archived.