#and also like.. the white savior complex ofc (altho im not sure when that concept was theorized) anyways he responds with how americans were
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i couldn’t place my finger on it but i realized this dude is like the typical pretentious man who knows nothing abt art and acts like he does
#z escribe#i sit next to two jocks in a jpn art hist course and i will say smthn abt the reading or my analysis of the works we looked at#and the amnt of times this bitch will say ''yeah u said exactly what i was going to say'' like NO u r dumb as fuck and never contribute#anything that is relevant to what we are discussing.. we were talking abt commodore perry and a painting done by western artists#it was like... actually lemme pull up the title#Carrying the ‘Gospel of God’ to the Heathen... and like.. i said that you could see how the concept of manifest destiny was strong to#americans still and when they went to forcefully open the jpn ports w gunboat diplomacy.. they were bringing christianity as well as a way#to make jpn ppl conform to western culture and assimilate#and also like.. the white savior complex ofc (altho im not sure when that concept was theorized) anyways he responds with how americans were#bringing freedom to jpn ppl.. and i'm like..............................................#the other jock doesn't say shit and is rly nice but i hate football players oh my goddddd#like get OUT of this course. everyone else is so chill and i just picked to sit in the back bcos i'm shy and this prof was intimidating#also like.. i would not b a hater if he acted new to this field but he acts like he knows everything and spews bullshit. like it's only been#a little over a week of classes w my prof and each time after class she talks to me like ''azaria you know you really have the heart and#mind of an art historian'' like that is such a HUGE compliment but then i'm seated next to two fools#long post#okay this huge rant was all to procrastinate doing my readings and writings
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