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|description_of_incident=Protestors, some affiliated with Decolonize Our Museums (formerly Stand Against Yellow Face) and active on social media, accused the museum of racism and cultural appropriation. Around two dozen engaged around a dozen counter-protestors, who supported the exhibit, in the gallery. | |description_of_incident=Protestors, some affiliated with Decolonize Our Museums (formerly Stand Against Yellow Face) and active on social media, accused the museum of racism and cultural appropriation. Around two dozen engaged around a dozen counter-protestors, who supported the exhibit, in the gallery. | ||
|description_of_result=The museum cancelled "Kimono Wednesdays." The accompany talk was then titled "Claud Monet: 'La Japonaise'", new talks were added, and visitors were only allowed to touch the kimonos, not wear them. The group Decolonize Our Museums states, as of December 2015, on its webpage, "Currently, we are in dialogue with new MFA director Matthew Teitelbaum to plan an event on cultural appropriation and exchange." | |description_of_result=The museum cancelled "Kimono Wednesdays." The accompany talk was then titled "Claud Monet: 'La Japonaise'", new talks were added, and visitors were only allowed to touch the kimonos, not wear them. The group Decolonize Our Museums states, as of December 2015, on its webpage, "Currently, we are in dialogue with new MFA director Matthew Teitelbaum to plan an event on cultural appropriation and exchange." | ||
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|source=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2015/07/18/counter-protesters-join-kimono-fray-mfa/ZgVWiT3yIZSlQgxCghAOFM/story.html, http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-33450391, http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2015/07/stop-orientalism-on-boston-mfas-kimono-wednesdays/, http://decolonizeourmuseums.tumblr.com, http://www.mfa.org/news/2015/july, | |||
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